An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ...
Greek Reporter1d
Dozens of Amphorae Recovered From Ancient Byzantine Shipwreck in Greece
Excavations of an ancient Byzantine shipwreck off the coast of Fournoi near Samos, Greece are bringing new finds onto the ...
Greek Reporter5d
Soldiers Discover Ancient Greek Artifacts in Southern Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers discovered ancient Greek artifacts during fortification works in Ukraine, in what is believed to be a ...
Wall Street Journal8d
The Met May Have Millions in Stolen Art. It’s Not Waiting to Be Asked to Return It.
A museum was restituting a work of art, giving back something from its collection to the place where it originated—in this ...
The New York Times28d
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 ...
Proto Thema2d
The head of the griffin has returned to Ancient Olympia and is now displayed in the museum – See photos
The bronze head of the griffin, repatriated from New York, returned to Ancient Olympia on Friday afternoon and will be ...
ArtReview13d
Greek politician storms ‘blasphemous’ National Gallery show
On Monday, Papadopoulos and an accomplice entered the museum and removed the works from the wall, threw them to ground and ...
U.S. News & World Report5d
Benaki Museum
Art enthusiasts love visiting this museum's collections and seeing a range of Greek cultural exhibits and historical artifacts all in one place. Note that Thursdays offer free admission after 6 p ...
The Spokesman-Review27d
Met Museum returning ancient bronze thought stolen from Greek museum
The museum said the head, which entered the collection as a gift from a former trustee in 1972, would be turned over to Greece’s minister of culture at a ceremony scheduled for Monday at the Met.
The Washington Post2d
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
Greece’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, attended a ceremony Friday at the museum, calling the return a significant moment. “After decades of absence, the griffin returns from the Metropolitan ...