From Malibu to Rome: Further Developments on the Return of Antiquities
David Gill and Christopher Chippindale
International Journal of Cultural Property 14 (2), 2007, pp. 205-240
Abstract
During 2006 three major North American Museums, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, agreed to return a significant number of antiquities to Italy. Acquisition information relating to the return of 26 items to Italy and 4 to Greece from the Getty can be added to the details known from the objects returned from Boston. A more detailed picture is emerging of how antiquities, apparently looted from Italy, were being passed through Switzerland on their way to dealers in Europe and North America. This information also points toward other antiquities that may be included in future agreements.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1320924&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0940739107070117
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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