“I am Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, with a long research career on Italian archaeology. I also head an Institute with a world-renowned Centre for Research in Illicit Antiquities. In both a personal and an official capacity, therefore, I am fully supportive of the renewal of the bilateral agreement. It provides a firm framework that protects Italy's world-class and hugely threatened archaeological heritage whilst encouraging legitimate and fruitful collaboration between Italy and the US to enrich the lives of US citizens as a whole.”

Professor Graeme Barker
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK