Theft of foreign cultural relics
There were many cases of cultural relics being stolen abroad. For example, in 2023, it was revealed that about 2000 collection treasures had disappeared, some of which were sold online at low prices. The stolen artifacts ranged from the 15th century B.C. to the 19th century A.D., including gold jewelry, gemstones, and glassware. The perpetrator was Peter Higgs, an expert in ancient Greek and Roman relics and a senior curator who had worked at the British Museum for more than 30 years. He sold cultural relics online, involving 45 countries and regions. The incident was eventually exposed by the Dutch antique dealer Itai Gradel. In addition, in 2006, the largest case of cultural relics smuggling occurred in the United States. A 27-ton stone coffin from Xi'an was stolen and sold to the United States. Read more exciting novels for free
Theft of cultural relics in Zhangpu
There was a case of theft of underwater cultural relics in Zhangpu. During the period of 2020 - 2021, Wei Mou Chao and other suspects carried out fishing activities in Zhangpu Sea Area. These pirates were made up of investors and divers. They agreed on the proportion of investment and the distribution of profits after selling the stolen goods. They carried out several raids and sold the cultural relics to Jiangxi and other places. The cultural relics department identified that the 846 cultural relics seized were all cultural relics of the Longquan Kiln of the Yuan Dynasty, of which 76 were cultural relics above the third grade. Zhangpu County People's Republic of China initiated a public prosecution against the relevant defendant. For example, the case of the theft of seabed cultural relics by five people including the defendant Li Mouyuan was publicly pronounced. Li Mouyuan was sentenced to two years and six months in prison and fined 10,000 yuan. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Lvliang cultural relics theft
There were many cases of cultural relics theft in Luliang. For example, the Public Security Bureau of Shilou County, Lvliang City, cracked a case of looting ancient cultural sites. A group of cultural relic thieves dug up a coin cellar site from the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, dug out more than 100,000 ancient coins from the Tang, Song and Jin Dynasties and sold them. Only 13 hours after the crime, the police arrested five members of the cultural relic theft gang and one person who had stolen and sold cultural relics. They also seized the stolen money, crime tools and recovered all the stolen ancient coins and other cultural relics. In addition, the Shilou County Public Security Bureau also successfully cracked two cases of excavation of ancient vertebrae fossils, arrested six suspects, and seized ancient vertebrae fossils and tools on the spot. At present, the case is under further investigation. The crime of stealing ancient human fossils and ancient spine fossils violated the state's protection and management system and ownership of relevant fossils. The crime of stealing ancient cultural sites and ancient tombs was committed against ancient cultural sites and ancient tombs with cultural, historical, artistic and scientific value. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Foreign cultural relics
The following are some examples of foreign folk relics: - The Museum of Folk Relics in Turkey was established in 1924. The museum displays bows, arrows, guns, rifles, items used by ascetics, and Turkish calligraphy. - In the village of Delmedina in Egypt, many folk offerings were unearthed. There were stone tablets carved with the name of the goddess Nebetepe and eulogizing words, as well as lifelike statues. In the cemetery of the village craftsmen, there was a praying hall for funerals above the underground tomb that each craftsman had built for themselves. The building model was a triangular building built with bricks, like a small pyramid. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Theft of cultural relics in Ejina Banner
On January 24,2019, when the Juyan Ruins Protection Center of Ejina Banner was patrolling the key protected units in China, three people were found digging and stealing cultural relics. The staff reported it to the police. Ejina Banner Public Security Bureau spent four months arresting eight suspects and recovering more than 90 cultural relics involved in the case. After identification, they included 9 first-class cultural relics, 25 second-class cultural relics, 21 third-class cultural relics and 40 general cultural relics. On the afternoon of November 15, the Ejina Banner People's Court sentenced the eight suspects to six to 12 years in prison. At present, the cultural relics involved have been transferred to the Ejina Banner Juyan Ruins Protection Center. The cultural relics destroyed by the theft were T168 Beacon, T169 Beacon and A32 Beacon (Jianshui Golden Pass) ruins. The era was Han Dynasty, all of which belonged to Juyan Ruins, a national key cultural relic protection unit. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Exotic foreign cultural relics
There were many strange cultural relics abroad, such as the Sabu disc of ancient Egypt, whose use was unknown but its appearance was similar to the steering wheel of a modern car; there were also Roman bronze sculptures from the second to third century AD, whose significance at that time was still unknown; the wool coats and leather shoes of Byzantine people around the sixth century AD; The 169-centimeter-long double-handed broadsword of Prince Maximilian II of Bayaria, which was about 300 years old, the gold mask and jewelry of the Greek high priest from 540 B.C., the wood that was said to be 300,000 years old found in a deposit in Germany, and the turquoise mask made by the Aztecs around 1500 A.D., which was excavated by the Europeans in the 17th century and decorated with gold-plated and silver frames. In 1580, there was a 10-centimeter-tall gold-plated brass book that contained a lunar wheel map, a sundial, and even an alarm clock; the worst animal fossil reconstruction of a long-haired rhinoceros that was mistakenly spelled as a unicorn in the Natural History Museum of Madeburg, Germany; and the specimen of the pet lion of King Frederick I of Sweden that was made into a strange appearance because the specimen maker had never seen a live lion. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Fake foreign cultural relics
There was a phenomenon of cultural relics being forged abroad. For example, in France, there was a major case of fraud that shocked the antique industry. Six accused, including art appreciation expert Bill Palo, and a famous antique gallery in Paris were suspected of colluding with each other to make fake antiques. In 2007 - 2008, they forged a batch of antique chairs, disguised as antique chairs that had been used in the living room of Madame Dubari, the mistress of King Louis Fifteen of France, and in the boudoir of the "beheaded queen," Marie-Antoinette. They sold them to well-known customers and made a profit of more than hundreds of thousands of euros. Even the Palace of Versailles was deceived into collecting these fake antiques. In the United Kingdom, the famous archaeologist Merat claimed to have found murals and inscriptions when he discovered the Catay Mound in 1962. However, in 2018, the Swiss archaeologist Zange discovered that these were fakes and suspected that he might have forged other things in the site. Merat was also accused of studying archaeological knowledge before forging evidence to support his own argument. In the late 19th century, more than 8000 animal bone artifacts excavated by the leader of the archaeological community, Gottfried Osovsky, claimed to be authentic and reliable, but were actually forged by "excavation workers." It took half a century from 1885, when the special investigation committee of the polish government determined that the animal bones were not modern imitations, to 1929, when the truth was revealed. In addition, in the United Kingdom's Pilgrim fraud case, the ancient human skull fragment found in 1911 was verified to be 500,000 years old. More than 40 years later, it was proved to be man-made. There was also the papyrus forgery case. About 200 papyrus fragments that reappeared during World War II, although the paper and ink seemed to be consistent with the situation at that time, the source was unknown and suspected of being forged. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Famous Foreign Cultural Relics
The following are some famous cultural relics abroad: - Sabu Disc: Ancient Egyptian relic, its specific use is unknown, but its shape is similar to the steering wheel of a modern car. - Roman bronze sculpture (2nd-3rd century AD): Its significance at the time is still unclear. - The Byzantines wore wool coats and leather shoes around the 6th century. - A stone sculpture that was unearthed in France with a history of more than 4,000 years. However, its appearance was too intact, causing controversy. - A 169-centimeter long double-handed broadsword (about 300 years old) that belonged to Prince Maximilian II Emanuel of Bayaria. - The golden mask and jewelry of the Greek high priest in 540 B.C. - Wood from German deposits, estimated to be 300,000 years old. - A turquoise mask of the Aztecs around 1500 AD. It was excavated by the Europeans in the 17th century and decorated with a gold-plated silver frame. - A gold-plated brass book from 1580 (10 cm high, containing a moon wheel, sundial, alarm clock, etc.). - 550 - 900 A.D., the potter of peru. - The Rosetta Stone Tablet, carved in 196 B.C., carried the royal decree issued by Ptolemy V of Egypt. In 1822, the Egyptian scholars deciphered the hieroglyph on the stone tablet and revived the lost history and culture of ancient Egypt. - Gilgamesh's Ancient Stone Slate, discovered in the 1850s (engraved with 7th century B.C. text, containing many types of works, considered by the British Museum to be of "unparalleled importance"). - The ruins of the ancient city of Troy were discovered in 1865 (located in present-day Turkey. The archaeological site is controversial and is related to the Troy War in Homer's epic). - The luxurious tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922 (Tutankhamun was discovered in 1332 B.C.). <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
There have been cases of theft of rural cultural relics in Xianju
There were cases of cultural relics being stolen in the countryside. For example, in the case of the theft of the pagoda (a national second-class cultural relic) in Xianju Township, Dongbao District, Jingmen City in 2012, many people involved in the case were on the run. After investigation by the Jingmen Public Security Bureau, the accumulated case was successfully solved on October 16,2024, and two suspects were arrested. In addition, in October 2011, there was a continuous theft of cultural relics in the pagoda forest of Fawang Village, Xianju Township, Dongbao District, Jingmen City (built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty and identified as a second-class cultural relic by the Cultural Relics Department of Hubei Province). <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Protect cultural relics, protect cultural relics
Cultural relics protection referred to taking a series of measures to prevent damage to historical relics with historical value, cultural value, and scientific value. Cultural relics were divided into movable cultural relics (such as important objects, works of art, documents, manuscripts, books, materials, representative objects, etc.) and immovable cultural relics (such as ancient cultural heritage, ancient tombs, ancient buildings, cave temples, stone carvings, murals, important historical sites and representative buildings in modern times). When repairing, maintaining, and moving immovable cultural relics, the principle of not changing the original state of the cultural relics and the principle of minimum intervention must be adhered to in order to preserve the historical information and historical value of the cultural relics to the greatest extent. With the approval of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipal directly under the Central Government, a certain area for construction control may be set aside around the site to be protected for its cultural relics. The State Administration of Cultural Relics was in charge of the national cultural relics protection work, the provincial cultural relics bureau was in charge of the provincial cultural relics protection work, and the cultural relics administrative departments of the people's governments of various states, cities, counties (cities) were in charge of the local cultural relics protection work. From a social perspective, cultural relics protection leading groups were established in towns and villages to be responsible for the protection of cultural relics and the organization and management of cultural relics protectors. Cultural relics protection groups were established in villages to be responsible for the protection of cultural relics within the village. Cultural relics protection groups established by government agencies, factories, troops, schools, etc. generally focused on the protection of certain cultural relics. There were also mass amateur organizations such as cultural relic lovers 'associations established in places. In actual work, for example, Binzhou City strengthened the safety measures of cultural relics, including jointly issuing documents with multiple departments to compact responsibilities, coordinating the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security to add patrol and care public welfare posts, carrying out safety inspections and cracking down on special actions to prevent cultural relics crimes, etc. Some places also actively explored new ways to protect and utilize cultural relics, such as digging deep into the historical meaning of ancient buildings, holding cultural activities and exhibition, etc. Cultural relics could also be protected by strengthening the supervision of cultural relics protection, the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, and the interpretation of the value of cultural relics. In addition, strengthening the publicity of law enforcement and enhancing the awareness of the people's cultural relics protection would also help the development of cultural relics protection work. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Hai Yan's new work is about the theft of real cultural relics
Hai Yan's new work," Chang 'an Thief," was about a real case of cultural relics being stolen. In this case, the tomb of Empress Zhenshun in Tang Jingling was stolen, and the stone coffin weighing 27 tons was stolen and sold to the United States. In 2005, the police found an ancient tomb that had been completely looted. In 2006, they found clues from a hard disk obtained from another grave robbery. In 2010, the stone coffin of Empress Wu Hui of Tang Zhenshun, who had been robbed six times by tomb robbers and had been wandering for six years, was recovered and returned to China. This cultural relic was the largest returned cultural relic today, and it was also the first first-class cultural relic recovered through legal means in China. Hai Yan had written " The Thief of Chang 'an " at the request of the Ministry of Public Security. It was based on the real case of stealing and selling cultural relics. The novel had also been adapted into the movie " Chang' an Road." <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>