Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
European collections under the spotlight
Most of the material returned to Italy has come from North American public and private collections. Other collections have been noted including Copenhagen, the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid, and the Miho Museum. But which other European collections hold objects that feature in the dossier of images seized in Switzerland and Greece?
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Detail from the Schinousa Archive.
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