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Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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Lions from the archaic Panionion
Source: MMA In 1992 three terracotta antefixes decorated with the heads of lions were acquired by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
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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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Tarentine funerary relief Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art The Manhattan DA has provided limited details about the recent return of antiqu...
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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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We join you in sending our congratulations and well-wishes to the Greeks on this magnificent achievement. The completion of the museum deals a devastating blow to any argument that those holding parts or whole objects, acquired under dubious circumstances, are doing so for the sake of protecting the objects because the legitimate owners have no adequate place to house them.
Kwame Opoku
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