An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a 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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine28d
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 ...
The Art Newspaper28d
Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a bronze griffin’s head from the seventh century ... that were offered as votive gifts in ancient Greek sanctuaries from the sixth century BC to ...
Greek Reporter5d
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.
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After 2,100 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Head of an Ancient Greek Statue
An excavation within Laodicea uncovered a 2,100-year-old statue head of the goddess Hygieia ... Hygieia played prominently in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology as the daughter of Asclepius ...