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Saturday, September 1, 2007

Marble sculptures going home

Here is today's New York Times article on two sculptural heads being returned to Sicily. Like the famous set of silver pieces that are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, these heads are from the Morgantina site, the remains of an ancient Greek colony in Sicily:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/arts/design/01rest.html?ref=todayspaper

It's important to point out that these two pieces are not only going back to their place of origin, they are going into a museum there where they will be looked after. It's not only American or British museums can properly care for and display archaeological treasures.