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 Reporter14h
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.
The Art Newspaper24d
Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
Following its repatriation, the griffin will return to the Met ... In 2022, Stern gifted his collection of ancient Cycladic art to Greece, and under the terms of a 25-year agreement a rotating ...
The New York Times26d
Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum
The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze cauldrons, used to honor the gods, with the head of a griffin, whose visage is that of an eagle but whose body is that of a lion. On its website ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN23d
The Met Returns Stolen Seventh-Century B.C.E. Bronze Griffin Head to Greece
The griffin head wasn’t the only artifact that Mendoni received during her trip. During an event at the Greek embassy, she ...
Artnet26d
The Met Returns Stolen Bronze Antiquity to Greece
The cast-bronze head of a griffin was bequeathed to the Met in ... where she also received a lekythos, a type of ancient Greek vessel, from the Glencairn Museum in Pennsylvania during an official ...
RTE Online23d
New York's Met Museum returns stolen Greek artefact
The Greek culture ministry in a statement said the bronze griffin's head, dated to 650-625 BC was an "exquisite sample of ancient Greek metalwork". It had previously been "prominently" displayed ...
Asharq Al-Awsat8h
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 ...