Antiquities repatriation

2,600-Year-Old Looted Cretan Armor Returns to Greece 62 Years After Illegal Excavation

Five pieces of ancient Cretan armor linked to a large-scale illegal excavation more than six decades ago are returning to Greece, allowing them to be reunited with archaeological finds from the same site that are already held in Crete. The...

Stolen Bronze Griffin’s Head Returns Home to Ancient Olympia

An ancient bronze griffin's head was returned to the same museum in ancient Olympia from where it was stolen in the 1930s, today, March 21, almost a month after The Metropolitan Museum of Art repatriated it to Greece. The 7th-century...

Manhattan’s District Attorney Returns to Greece Stolen Antiquities Worth $1 Million

Manhattan's District Attorney returned eleven antiquities, valued at nearly $1 million, to Greece after their recovery during multiple criminal investigations into finding and identifying stolen and trafficked Greek antiquities. A repatriation ceremony took place on Tuesday, February 25 in New...

The Met Returns Stolen Ancient Bronze Griffin’s Head to Greece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art returned an ancient bronze griffin's head to Greece after determining that the 7th-century BC artifact was stolen from a Greek museum in the 1930s. The restitution of the ancient artifact took place on Monday, February...

Ancient Greek Artifact Repatriated to Greece from US Museum

  An ancient Greek lekythos (oil flask) is repatriated to Greece from the United States after the museum where it was displayed decided to voluntarily return it to its country of origin. The Attic 12-centimeter vessel, depicting a battle between goddess...

Economist: Parthenon Marbles May Return to Greece on Loan in 2025

The Parthenon Marbles, the 2,500-year-old sculptures that are at the center of the world's most famous dispute over cultural property, may return to Greece in 2025 but only as a loan, according to The Economist's World Ahead 2025 report. Referred...

Egypt Calls for Return of Berlin Museum Nefertiti Bust

Egypt's former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Zahi Hawass is on a mission, calling for the return of the priceless Queen Nefertiti bust currently exhibited at the Neues Museum in Berlin. According to Deutsche Welle, he requests Germany's cooperation...

Germany Returns Greek Antiquities

An event was held on July 7  for the repatriation of over 10,600 ancient Greek artifacts from the Neolithic Era. The event took place at the auditorium of the Directorate of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods of the...