tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post5694861951840436113..comments2024-03-20T18:15:41.858+00:00Comments on Looting Matters: From Virginia to Sicily: more returning antiquitiesDavid Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-30288933176865147442008-01-07T18:34:00.000+00:002008-01-07T18:34:00.000+00:00See Culture Without Context 2 (Spring 1998):Morgan...See <A HREF="http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/projects/iarc/culturewithoutcontext/issue2/news.htm" REL="nofollow">Culture Without Context</A> 2 (Spring 1998):<BR/><BR/><I>Morgantina is also thought to be the probable source of the Greek acroliths - marble heads, hands and feet - of statues of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone bought by Robin Symes in Switzerland and subsequently sold to the New York collector Maurice Tempelsman in 1980 for more than $1 million (although it is claimed that the clandestine received only $ 1,100 for their labours). The Italian government is preparing yet another case but local schoolchildren had already in 1994 written to Mr Tempelsman asking for the return of their history. Italian antiquities, it seems, are now rather a risky investment, especially if their provenance is not known.</I>David Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-18001614876904803852007-09-04T11:15:00.000+01:002007-09-04T11:15:00.000+01:00For further information:http://www.cavalierdaily.c...For further information:<BR/>http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=30600&pid=1605David Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.com