Saturday, 22 December 2018

Thefts from Archaeological Stores and Museums

One observable phenomenon in recent years has been that some recovered material was derived, not from an unexcavated archaeological site, but from archaeological museums and stores. This is explored in my latest column, 'Context Matters', for The Journal of Art Crime 20 (Fall 2018), entitled 'Thefts from museums and archaeological stores'. While many of the pieces come from collections in Italy, others are recorded from Greece, Egypt, and Libya. 

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Lydian Hoard: More Returns to Türkiye

Source: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned two more pieces of silver from the Lydia...