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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 was also given a lekythos, an ancient Greek flask, that had been housed ...
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Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
Following its repatriation, the griffin will return to the Met next ... In 2022, Stern gifted his collection of ancient Cycladic art to Greece, and under the terms of a 25-year agreement a ...
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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 ...
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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 ...