An ancient bronze griffin's head returns today to the same museum in ancient Olympia from where it was stolen in the 1930s.
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen ...
“We are grateful for our longstanding partnership with the Greek government and look forward to continued engagement and ...
visited the Met on Monday for a repatriation ceremony for the griffin head. They were back at the museum on Tuesday for a panel about the museum’s collaboration with Greek authorities with ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will repatriate a 7th-century bronze head donated by a former trustee ... gave it to the Met in 1972. Greek authorities and the Met reviewed its records, which ...
The head of a griffin from 7th century ... “The Met and the Greek Ministry agreed to the return of the Griffin after careful review of records and letters determining that it could not have ...