Egypt
- Greece Closes Net On Antiquities Smuggling
CBC.ca The Greek government has announced new measures to combat the international trade in stolen and fake antiques. Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis announced Monday his government will be introducing legislation to help police combat what he calls...
- Repatriating Artefacts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060718/cm_csm/eantiquities"Who is the rightful owner of ancient artifacts – the famed Elgin marbles taken from the Parthenon, say, or the elegant Nefertiti head? Is it the museums and collectors housing them, or the lands...
- Update Re The Getty Negotiations
Thanks to Archaeology Magazine's News section for the following links. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4286490For those of you following the Getty situation, this page provides an update on the ongoing negotiations between the...
- Another Casualty At The Getty
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0126GettyResignation26-ON.html"A trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust whose donated collection to the museum included a stolen ancient Roman sculpture has resigned, officials said.The board of trustees accepted...
- Met Will Return Disputed Art To Italy
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aA7bnWw4c9DQAn update on Bloomberg site regarding claims for the return of illegally sold artefacts, highlighted by the Italian legal position taken against the John Paul Getty Museum: "By holding...
Egypt
Getty returns artefacts to Greece
http://tinyurl.com/el589 (nytimes.com)
For those keeping up with ongoing international cases where ownership of antiquities is in dispute, the Getty has agreed to return two important pieces to Greece: "After months of intense scrutiny of its collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles said Monday that it had agreed to relinquish ownership to two of four important ancient works that the government of Greece says were illegally removed from Greek soil."
Museums and governments worldwide are watching to see the outcome of these cases, with a view to determining their own chances of repatriating artefacts which have been aquired from illegitimate sources.
- Greece Closes Net On Antiquities Smuggling
CBC.ca The Greek government has announced new measures to combat the international trade in stolen and fake antiques. Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis announced Monday his government will be introducing legislation to help police combat what he calls...
- Repatriating Artefacts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060718/cm_csm/eantiquities"Who is the rightful owner of ancient artifacts – the famed Elgin marbles taken from the Parthenon, say, or the elegant Nefertiti head? Is it the museums and collectors housing them, or the lands...
- Update Re The Getty Negotiations
Thanks to Archaeology Magazine's News section for the following links. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4286490For those of you following the Getty situation, this page provides an update on the ongoing negotiations between the...
- Another Casualty At The Getty
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0126GettyResignation26-ON.html"A trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust whose donated collection to the museum included a stolen ancient Roman sculpture has resigned, officials said.The board of trustees accepted...
- Met Will Return Disputed Art To Italy
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aA7bnWw4c9DQAn update on Bloomberg site regarding claims for the return of illegally sold artefacts, highlighted by the Italian legal position taken against the John Paul Getty Museum: "By holding...