The statement by the EES that some 120 papyri fragments from its collection are missing is raising concerns in the academic community. 19 of the fragments have been identified in a public museum and a private collection in North America, and these will apparently be returned to the EES.
There are questions that need to be answered. What authenticated documentation was supplied with the sale of the papyri? What due diligence was undertaken? Who had access to the EES collection?
why has the acquisition of papyri fragments been seen as different from that of antiquities? Are they not seen as part of the archaeological record?
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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Tuesday, 19 November 2019
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Finds from Afrati, Crete
Source of image: Michael C. Carlos Museum Creative Commons The repatriation of Norbert Schimmel's helmets and mitrai from New York's...
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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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Detail of the Sophilos dinos © David Gill The Sophilos dinos in the British Museum has been reconstructed from approximately 50 fragments. I...
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Source: Hellenic Consulate General in New York In September 2025 a number of antiquities were seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of ...
