There is much interest in the museums that have received donations from Jonathan Rosen (see here) in the wake of the returns to Iraq. Rosen's donation of 1200 silver coins to the Israel Museum has been shortlisted for the Apollo 2013 Acquisition of the Year. It will be interesting to read their full collecting histories. | |
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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A head of Hermes from a genuinely old Italian collection
Source: San Antonio Museum of Art Among the deaccessioned items from the San Antonio Museum of Art in January 2022 was a marble head of Herm...
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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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