Fabio Isman has drawn my attention to the return of some 150 fragments from the J. Paul Getty Museum. They are associated with pieces returned to Italy in 2007 and discussed by Chippindale and Gill. I hope to comment further later in the day, but it seems that the scale of the problem for the Getty is massive. This continues to raise issues about why museums were acquiring recently surfaced material. Who was taking the decisions to acquire the objects?
We look forward to hearing James Cuno's voice on the issues as it is topic that he has failed to address. Perhaps alongside Whose Muse? and Whose Culture? could be Whose Responsibility?
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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Developments in Sicily: Gianfranco Becchina
It has been reported that the assets of Gianfranco Becchina have been confiscated by a court in Sicily (Francesco Patanè, " Commercio i...

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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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Photo: Becchina Archive Source: Christos Tsirogiannis An Attic black-figured amphora attributed to the manner of the Princeton painter has b...
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James Cuno's Who Owns Antiquity? has received a series of critical reviews . Cuno has now responded on the Princeton University Press ...
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