[MSN] 1. "The Medici Conspiracy" by Peter Watson now a SAFE online, lecture (Museum Security Network Mailinglist)

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An excellent lecture.  Very informative and well-worth the time.

Jim Schell

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> SAFE announces the release of its first video lecture, featuring  
> author and journalist Peter Watson discussing his award-winning book  
> The Medici Conspiracy (Public Affairs, 2006), which Mr. Watson co- 
> authored with Cecilia Todeschini.
> 
> The lecture ? available online at  www.savingantiquities.org/ 
> podcasts.php ? was hosted by SAFE at the Chelsea Art Museum in New  
> York on November 16, 2006. After the lecture, Mr. Watson and his co- 
> author Ms. Todeschini received the SAFE Beacon Award, which honors  
> outstanding individuals who enlighten the public about the  
> destruction of cultural heritage caused by the looting of ancient  
> sites and the trade in illicit antiquities.
> 
> During the one-hour lecture, Mr. Watson describes how investigations  
> into the smuggling of antiquities from Italy led to the trial and  
> 2004 conviction of antiquities dealer Giacomo Medici, as well as the  
> trial of former Getty Museum curator Marion True and antiquities  
> dealer Robert Hecht, while is now nearing conclusion in Rome. In a  
> wide-ranging discussion, Mr. Watson traces the story from the late  
> 1980s to the present (including details never before heard outside  
> the courtroom in Rome) and concludes with a spirited round of  
> questions from the audience, during which Mr. Watson predicted  
> additional prosecutions in Italy and Greece and additional calls for  
> museums to return looted antiquities.
> 
> The Peter Watson Medici Conspiracy video lecture joins a growing list  
> of podcasts on the SAFE website, which feature Dr. Donny George  
> Youkhanna (former director of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad), Roger  
> Atwood (author of Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers and the  
> Looting of the Ancient World (St. Martins Press, 2004) and  Professor  
> Patty Gerstenblith (president of the Lawyer's Committee for Cultural  
> Heritage Preservation).
> 
> SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone, a non-profit 501(c)(3)  
> organization, creates educational programs and media campaigns to  
> raise public awareness regarding the importance of preserving  
> cultural heritage worldwide. SAFE is a coalition of professionals in  
> communications, media, and advertising working alongside experts in  
> the academic, legal and law enforcement communities. SAFE has no  
> political affiliations.
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