New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in ...
As the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, this quaint village on the Greek mainland is often missed by holidaymakers. However, it boasts a wealth of historical sites and intriguing museums.
This follows new provenance research that suggests the artifact was probably ... a possible exhibition of ancient Greek treasures to coincide with the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a monumental ancient tomb that was used as a burial spot for centuries before being repurposed as a healing shrine. Artifacts pointing to its later use ...
By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece the bronze head of a griffin, the mythological creature, after determining that the artifact from the 7th century B.C. was ...