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The Met Returns Stolen Seventh-Century B.C.E. Bronze Griffin Head to Greece
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a seventh-century B.C.E. bronze head of a griffin to Greece after new research revealed that it had been stolen in the 1930s. The artifact was ...
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The Mystery Behind One of Franklin Institute’s Prized Acquisitions and How It Got There
The Franklin Institute has a number of holdings, but one of its most impressive has varied accounts over how it got there, writes Graham Bowley for The New York Times. According to the ...
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Cleveland Museum to Return Prized Bronze Thought Looted From Turkey
By Tom Mashberg and Graham Bowley Towering bronzes depicting emperors once graced an ancient shrine in a region of what is now Turkey that was once part of Rome’s extended empire. Installed ...
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People like Marianna, a doctor, clean our toilets, sweep our roads, care for our elderly. They shoul The farming crisis clears the way for more greed and pollution, argues Graham Bowley ...
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Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum
By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece the bronze head of a griffin, the mythological creature, after determining that the artifact from the 7th century B.C. was ...