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 Reporter12h
Stolen Bronze Griffin’s Head Returns Home to Ancient Olympia
An ancient bronze griffin's head returns today to the same museum in ancient Olympia from where it was stolen in the 1930s.
Asharq Al-Awsat on MSN6h
Ancient Bronze Griffin Head Is Returned to Greece from New York in Major Repatriation Move
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking a broader shift in the ...
Travel Bucketlist on MSN5d
Unveiling the Ancient Glory: A Journey to Olympia, Greece
The Archaeological Site The archaeological site of Olympia is a treasure trove of ancient wonders. Walking through the ruins, ...
The New York Times26d
Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum
The head of a griffin from 7th century B.C. is believed to have been taken from a museum in Olympia ... the art market. By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece ...
The Art Newspaper24d
Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
The curator of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia then put it on display ... In 2022, Stern gifted his collection of ancient Cycladic art to Greece, and under the terms of a 25-year agreement ...
Artnet26d
The Met Returns Stolen Bronze Antiquity to Greece
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has ... a griffin to Greece. This follows new provenance research that suggests the artifact was probably stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in the ...
RTE Online23d
New York's Met Museum returns stolen Greek artefact
Greece said it has recovered from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art a 2,600-year-old bronze artefact stolen from ancient Olympia in the 1930s. The Greek culture ministry in a statement said ...
Smithsonian Magazine24d
The Met Returns Stolen Seventh-Century B.C.E. Bronze Griffin Head to Greece
At a ceremony this week, Greece ... in Olympia in the 1930s Ella Jeffries Staff Contributor Items like this bronze griffin head were often used to adorn ceremonial cauldrons in ancient Greek ...
Euronews23d
Ancient artefacts worth over €2 million to return from New York to Greece and Italy
This ancient drinking vessel ... s the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s announcement earlier this week that it would return a 7th-century bronze head to Greece, following an internal provenance ...