Layla Hashemi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center at George Mason University, Washington, DCLouise Shelley is the Hirst Chair, Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government and Director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center at George Mason University, Washington, DC

• Part I: Setting the Context Introduction Louise Shelley and Layla Hashemi 1. The Looting and Trafficking of Syrian Antiquities Since 2011 Neil Brodie 2. Hobby Lobby, the Museum of the Bible, and the Law: A Case Study of the Looting of Archaeological Artifacts from Iraq Patty Gerstenblith 3. The Hearing Hand: Scribes and Seal Cutters in the Ancient Near East Ira Spar and Antonietta Catanzariti Part II: The Illicit Antiquities Trade 4. Antiquities Trafficking from Syria along the Northern Route Mahmut Cengiz 5. The Value of Financial Investigations in the Battle Against Artifact Smuggling Michael Loughnane 6. Working a Case on Looted and Smuggled Ancient Coins as an Expert Witness Nathan Elkins Part III: Antiquities Trade in the Cyberworld 7. Plenitudinous: An Analysis of Ancient Coin Sales on eBay Ute Wartenberg and Barbora Dmitričenko 8. Investigating the Online Trade of Illicit Antiquities Layla Hashemi and Abi Waddell

Layla Hashemi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center at George Mason University, Washington, DCLouise Shelley is the Hirst Chair, Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government and Director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center at George Mason University, Washington, DC

• Part I: Setting the Context Introduction Louise Shelley and Layla Hashemi 1. The Looting and Trafficking of Syrian Antiquities Since 2011 Neil Brodie 2. Hobby Lobby, the Museum of the Bible, and the Law: A Case Study of the Looting of Archaeological Artifacts from Iraq Patty Gerstenblith 3. The Hearing Hand: Scribes and Seal Cutters in the Ancient Near East Ira Spar and Antonietta Catanzariti Part II: The Illicit Antiquities Trade 4. Antiquities Trafficking from Syria along the Northern Route Mahmut Cengiz 5. The Value of Financial Investigations in the Battle Against Artifact Smuggling Michael Loughnane 6. Working a Case on Looted and Smuggled Ancient Coins as an Expert Witness Nathan Elkins Part III: Antiquities Trade in the Cyberworld 7. Plenitudinous: An Analysis of Ancient Coin Sales on eBay Ute Wartenberg and Barbora Dmitričenko 8. Investigating the Online Trade of Illicit Antiquities Layla Hashemi and Abi Waddell

Layla Hashemi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center at George Mason University, Washington, DCLouise Shelley is the Hirst Chair, Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government and Director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center at George Mason University, Washington, DC

• Part I: Setting the Context Introduction Louise Shelley and Layla Hashemi 1. The Looting and Trafficking of Syrian Antiquities Since 2011 Neil Brodie 2. Hobby Lobby, the Museum of the Bible, and the Law: A Case Study of the Looting of Archaeological Artifacts from Iraq Patty Gerstenblith 3. The Hearing Hand: Scribes and Seal Cutters in the Ancient Near East Ira Spar and Antonietta Catanzariti Part II: The Illicit Antiquities Trade 4. Antiquities Trafficking from Syria along the Northern Route Mahmut Cengiz 5. The Value of Financial Investigations in the Battle Against Artifact Smuggling Michael Loughnane 6. Working a Case on Looted and Smuggled Ancient Coins as an Expert Witness Nathan Elkins Part III: Antiquities Trade in the Cyberworld 7. Plenitudinous: An Analysis of Ancient Coin Sales on eBay Ute Wartenberg and Barbora Dmitričenko 8. Investigating the Online Trade of Illicit Antiquities Layla Hashemi and Abi Waddell