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Findings: A Case in Antiquities for ‘Finders Keepers’
Cairo :: NY :: USA | 6 days ago
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But never underestimate Dr. Hawass when it comes to this sort of custody dispute. He has prevailed so often in getting pieces returned to what he calls their “motherland” that museum curators are scrambling to appease him. Last month, after Dr. Hawass...
Tags: Egyptian, Dr. Cuno, Dr. Hawass, Rosetta Stone, museums curators, Cairo, Archaeology, Supreme Council of Antiquities, British Museum, Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, Egyptology, Ancient art
New Acropolis Museum highlights missing marbles
Athens :: Greece | 5 months ago
Credibility Athena.Britain's envoy, Lord Elgin, pried them off the building in the early 1800s while Greece was still an unwilling part of the Ottoman Empire. Facing bankruptcy, he eventually sold the artworks to the British Museum, where they have been displayed...
Tags: Greece, New Acropolis Museum, Parthenon Temple, Parthenon Marbles, Elgin Marbles, British Museum
Greece 'would refuse Marble loan'
Athens :: Greece | 5 months ago
Credibility Antonis Samaras said a loan would mean renouncing any Greek claim to the 2,500-year-old sculptures. The Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, have been in London since they were sold to the museum in 1817. Greece hopes one day to display the collection...
Tags: Parthenon Marbles, Greece, British Museum
Solid gold Moss is ready to shine
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility The �1.5m sculpture, entitled Siren, is by artist Mark Quinn and is one of several contemporary sculptures in the exhibition Statuephilia. Each work will be sited in a different gallery within the museum, placed with items from its permanent collection.
Tags: Damien Hirst, Statuephilia, Marc Quinn, British Museum
Ancient Mexican crystal skulls in British, US museums may not be authentic
Mexico City :: Mexico | about 1 year ago
Credibility T he academics behind the research believe that the British skull was made in 19th century Europe, while the American skull was made even more recently. The British skull is a life-size carving from a single block of rock crystal. When the British Museum...
Tags: crystal skull, British Museum
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