Posted on Sep 10, 2022
A kidnapped goddess returns home, after prosecutors expose art thieves
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More than 70 stolen antiquities, some more than 2,000 years old, were seized from collections in the U.S. and returned to their native countries of Italy and Egypt this week.
The prized items included a mummy portrait, a marble head of the goddess Athena, and an intricately painted drinking cup.
Their return came after a string of search warrants enacted by the Manhattan District Attorney that targeted private collectors as well as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.
Of the 74 antiquities, valued at more than $22 million, 27 were seized from The Met, according to statements from authorities.
More than 70 stolen antiquities, some more than 2,000 years old, were seized from collections in the U.S. and returned to their native countries of Italy and Egypt this week.
The prized items included a mummy portrait, a marble head of the goddess Athena, and an intricately painted drinking cup.
Their return came after a string of search warrants enacted by the Manhattan District Attorney that targeted private collectors as well as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.
Of the 74 antiquities, valued at more than $22 million, 27 were seized from The Met, according to statements from authorities.
A kidnapped goddess returns home, after prosecutors expose art thieves
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""If you look at museums who have entered into negotiations with source communities, it's not just a situation of either it stays in the museum or it goes back home and disappears from public view," she said. "There are really creative, innovative, exciting partnerships that can be worked out for communities who come in and offer additional interpretation, who do rituals, who make the museum galleries richer even if they don't want to take everything home."
"So I urge museums to think of this as a chance to add to their galleries rather than just see everything vanish."
...""If you look at museums who have entered into negotiations with source communities, it's not just a situation of either it stays in the museum or it goes back home and disappears from public view," she said. "There are really creative, innovative, exciting partnerships that can be worked out for communities who come in and offer additional interpretation, who do rituals, who make the museum galleries richer even if they don't want to take everything home."
"So I urge museums to think of this as a chance to add to their galleries rather than just see everything vanish."
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