Repatriation Matters
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Over the past week or so, the repatriation-campaign for the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles campaign seems to have heated up a bit … I’ve got a backlog of items dealing with such matters, but here’s one from last week to get you going: The Greek government has officially enlisted the aid of UNESCO in its ongoing efforts…
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A different sort of repatriation story from Al Ahram: After almost four decades in the possession of a Brazilian citizen, a limestone Roman head of an as yet unidentified nobleman is on its way back to its Egyptian homeland. The head is very well preserved, and depicts the facial features of a Roman nobleman with…
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From Today’s Zaman: A winged seahorse brooch, one of the most precious pieces in the Croesus Treasure, which was stolen from a museum in Turkey in 2005 and recently found in Germany, was returned to Turkey on Wednesday. In November of last year, then-Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay announced that the famed brooch had…
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… and we didn’t know it was missing! From a Getty press release (sent directly to me!): The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today plans to voluntarily return a terracotta head to Sicily representing the god Hades and dating to about 400–300 B.C. The Museum acquired the sculpture in 1985. Joint research with colleagues in…
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Wow … no sooner does Hurriyet mention it and the Dallas MoFA returns it … from the Star-Telegram: The Dallas Museum of Art has returned an ancient mosaic to Turkish officials after discovering it was stolen. The mosaic was returned to Turkish officials at a ceremony Monday in Dallas. Museum officials also launched an international…
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