tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post4949171596086793428..comments2024-03-20T18:15:41.858+00:00Comments on Looting Matters: Athens: Two Antiquities from the Shelby White Collection on DisplayDavid Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-12511362356127077552008-09-04T14:49:00.000+01:002008-09-04T14:49:00.000+01:00For further reports on the return:http://www.ekath...For further reports on the return:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_04/09/2008_100118" REL="nofollow">http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_04/09/2008_100118</A><BR/><A HREF="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5isfQ-9tuFam3I542GvlYhPE7968A" REL="nofollow">http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5isfQ-9tuFam3I542GvlYhPE7968A</A>.David Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-18565991041237744562008-09-04T09:29:00.000+01:002008-09-04T09:29:00.000+01:00According to the newspaper Τα Νέα, the Greek Gover...According to the newspaper Τα Νέα, the Greek Government will embark on claiming another three looted antiquities now on display at the Μichael Carlos Μuseum of Emory University of Atlanta.These are (according to the article):<BR/> <BR/>(a) a life-size marble statue of Terpsichore (4th-2nd c. BC) that was kept in a barn in Ioannina before it was smuggled abroad (?), worth at least 10 million dollars,<BR/> <BR/>(b) a monumental pithos probably form Rhodes (650-600 BC)<BR/> <BR/>(c) a complete Minoan clay larnax with rich painted decoration of sea creatures (14th c. BC) probably from Crete.<BR/><BR/>From the Michael C. Carlos museum website the pieces are the following:<BR/><BR/>(a) Marble Terpsichore<BR/><BR/>http://www.carlos.emory.edu/muse-terpsichore<BR/><BR/>(b) The pithos<BR/>http://www.carlos.emory.edu/pithos-amphora<BR/><BR/>(c)The larnax<BR/>http://www.carlos.emory.edu/larnax-bath-tub <BR/><BR/>The full article here:<BR/>http://www.tanea.gr/default.asp?pid=2&artid=85185&ct=4Γρηγορης Αντωνοπουλοςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191739459341135759noreply@blogger.com