I have commented on Benin cultural property before. I do not wish to discuss the matter further here due to the holiday season but I draw the attention of readers to the post by S. Okwunodu Ogbechie.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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The Met returns three antiquities to Iraq
Source: Manhattan DA New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned three antiquities to Iraq ( Manhattan DA Press Release ). The th...
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Source: Sotheby's A marble head of Alexander the Great has been seized in New York (reported in " Judge Orders Return of Ancien...
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If international museums can no longer "own" antiquities either through purchase on the antiquities market or through partage , wh...
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The Fire of Hephaistos exhibition included "seven bronzes ... that have been linked to the Bubon cache of imperial statues" (p. 1...
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May I add Kwame Opolu's post as well:
http://www.museum-security.org/?p=4909
TC
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