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Katie A. Paul is a Fellow at the Antiquities Coalition and an Affiliated Researcher with The Day After Heritage Protection Initiative (T.D.A.-H.P.I.) analyzing the trafficking and destruction of cultural property in the Middle East and North Africa. Her work focuses on the role of media, social media, and new technologies in monitoring and recording patterns of cultural racketeering in nations in crisis. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Miami University (O.H.) with a double major in Anthropology and Ancient Greek and earned an M.A. in Anthropology at The George Washington University.
ISIS Eyes Tunisia’s Cultural Heritage as Militants Return
Looting and trafficking of antiquities in the Middle East and North Africa has reached unprecedented levels since the rise of ISIS. In a region with tens of thousands of archaeological sites, antiquities are as easily accessible as oil for terrorist groups controlling such archaeologically rich territory.
