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Third source of natural quasicrystals preserves their reputation for violent origins
1 year, 10 months ago

Third source of natural quasicrystals preserves their reputation for violent origins

The Hindu  

Quasicrystals imbue a symbolic power. Put this way, quasicrystals simply represent an incremental deviation from the natural order – but when you think about creating one in a lab or in nature, their quiet power comes to the fore. The Khatyrka meteorite is believed to have been involved in several collisions in space, over millions of years, at least some …

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Israel probes legality of U.S. giving artifact to Palestinians
1 year, 10 months ago

Israel probes legality of U.S. giving artifact to Palestinians

LA Times  

A 2,700-year-old ivory incense spoon plundered from a site in the occupied West Bank that was seized in late 2021 by the Manhattan district attorney’s office as part of a plea deal with billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt. Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu’s office said last week that the legality of the repatriation “is being examined by the archaeology staff …

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Déjà Vuniverse: Why some physicists believe we could be living in a Groundhog Day universe
1 year, 10 months ago

Déjà Vuniverse: Why some physicists believe we could be living in a Groundhog Day universe

Salon  

Something like 13.8 billion years ago, all energy in the universe was condensed into a single point. Related Why physics Nobelist Roger Penrose believes there are black holes left over from previous universes But an intriguing alternative, even if it doesn't carry much scientific weight, is that before everything ices over, the universe could fall back again — all the …

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Artifacts seized from U.S. billionaire returned to Israel
2 years, 9 months ago

Artifacts seized from U.S. billionaire returned to Israel

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Prosecutors in New York announced the repatriation Tuesday of $5 million worth of looted antiquities seized from billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt to Israel, where Steinhardt is well known as a patron of cultural institutions. Three were already on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and eight have not yet been located but will be …

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US returns billionaire’s plundered artifacts to Jordan
2 years, 9 months ago

US returns billionaire’s plundered artifacts to Jordan

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — American authorities have returned nine looted artifacts to Jordan that were seized from a U.S. billionaire collector as part of a landmark deal announced in December. The artifacts were among 180 items seized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as part of an agreement with collector Michael Steinhardt to surrender trafficked artifacts and avoid prosecution. Since the Manhattan …

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Manhattan DA returns artifacts worth $20 million to Greece
2 years, 10 months ago

Manhattan DA returns artifacts worth $20 million to Greece

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Dozens of looted antiquities seized from billionaire hedge fund founder Michael Steinhardt after a yearslong investigation have been returned to the people of Greece, prosecutors in New York announced Wednesday. The handover of the ancient objects to Greece occurred after the district attorney’s office announced a deal in December under which Steinhardt was to surrender $70 million …

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Billionaire's looted art still on display at Israel Museum
2 years, 11 months ago

Billionaire's looted art still on display at Israel Museum

The Independent  

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Billionaire’s looted art still on display at Israel Museum
2 years, 11 months ago

Billionaire’s looted art still on display at Israel Museum

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — One of the Israel Museum’s biggest patrons, American billionaire Michael Steinhardt, approached the flagship Israeli art institution in 2007 with an artifact he had recently bought: a 2,200-year-old Greek text carved into limestone. Donna Yates, a criminologist specializing in artifact smuggling at Maastricht University, said that several recent scandals involving looted artifacts — such as the Denver Art …

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Hedge fund founder Steinhardt will return looted antiquities
3 years ago

Hedge fund founder Steinhardt will return looted antiquities

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt has agreed to turn over $70 million worth of stolen antiquities and will be subject to an unprecedented lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities, the Manhattan district attorney announced Monday. “For decades, Michael Steinhardt displayed a rapacious appetite for plundered artifacts without concern for the legality of his actions, the legitimacy of …

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