Smithsonian Magazine on MSN16d
The Met Returns Stolen Seventh-Century B.C.E. Bronze Griffin Head to Greece
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a seventh-century B.C.E. bronze head of a griffin to Greece after new research revealed that it had been stolen in the 1930s. The artifact was ...
Phys.org1y
DNA analysis shows Griffin Warrior ruled his Greek homeland
Using new scientific tools, University of Cincinnati archaeologists discovered that an ancient Greek leader known today as the Griffin Warrior likely grew up around the seaside city he would one ...
The New York Times18d
Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum
The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze cauldrons, used to honor the gods, with the head of a griffin, whose visage is that of an eagle but whose body is that of a lion. On its website ...
The Art Newspaper16d
Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
Following its repatriation, the griffin will return to the Met ... In 2022, Stern gifted his collection of ancient Cycladic art to Greece, and under the terms of a 25-year agreement a rotating ...
Artnet18d
The Met Returns Stolen Bronze Antiquity to Greece
The cast-bronze head of a griffin was bequeathed to the Met in ... where she also received a lekythos, a type of ancient Greek vessel, from the Glencairn Museum in Pennsylvania during an official ...
Hellenic News of America23h
Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni’s visit in the US
During her recent visit to the US, Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni attended various meetings and events, promoting ...
Smithsonian Magazine16d
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 ...