Smell like a god: Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows
Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish ...
Hellenic News of America1d
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 ...
Associated Press14d
Violent protests in Greece on rail crash anniversary as frustration at system failures boils over
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Scores of youths hurled rocks and gasoline bombs at police in front of Greece’s parliament building in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Greek City Times16d
Ancient Greek Bronze Griffin Returns to Greece from MET Museum
Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni attended a special ceremony at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York, marking the official return of a 7th-century BCE bronze griffin head to Greece.
artdependence17d
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Hellenic Republic of Greece announce the Return of Ancient Bronze Head of a Griffin
As stated in the official find report presented by the Greek Ministry of Culture to the Museum, the Griffin was originally found by chance in the bed of the Kladeos River in Olympia in 1914 by the ...
Channels Television17d
New York’s Met Museum Returns Stolen Greek Bronze
The Greek culture ministry in a statement said the bronze griffin's head, dated to 650-625 BC and was an "exquisite sample of ancient Greek metalwork." ...
Greek Reporter17d
The Met Returns Stolen Ancient Bronze Griffin’s Head to Greece
It ended up at The Met in 1972. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture The Metropolitan Museum of Art returned an ancient bronze griffin’s head to Greece after determining that the 7th-century BC artifact ...
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Met Museum to Return Griffin Head Donated by Former Trustee to Greece
The museum's researchers concluded it was likely illegally removed from the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in the 1930s, though details of the removal aren't known.