Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- PART I: Setting the Context -- Introduction -- 1. The Looting and Trafficking of Syrian Antiquities Since 2011 -- 2. Hobby Lobby, the Museum of the Bible and the Law: A Case Study of the Looting of Archaeological Artifacts from Iraq -- 3. The Hearing Hand: Scribes and Seal Cutters in the Ancient Near East -- PART II: The Illicit Antiquities Trade -- 4. Antiquities Trafficking from Syria Along the Northern Route
5. The Value of Financial Investigations in the Battle Against Artifact Smuggling -- 6 Working a Case on Looted and Smuggled Ancient Coins as an Expert W.itness -- PART III: Antiquities Trade in the Cyberworld -- 7. Plenitudinous: An Analysis of Ancient Coin Sales on eBay -- 8. Investigating the Online Trade of Illicit Antiquities -- Index