Inside Delphi Museum, John was appreciating the exquisite painting on a BC-era cylix (bowl), excavated from ancient ruins. Greek God Apollo, wearing a laurel and holding a lyre in left hand was pouring a libation. A crow in front alluded to his love-affair with Coronis. He noticed the nearly invisible glued cracks, bringing back memories of a similar artifact in New York’s museum. He always wondered how that piece landed there. Anonymously, he alerted the FBI, forwarding an image. Two years later, Greece received that treasure back. It was looted, broken carefully into pieces, sold and glued inside the museum. |
21/4/2023 12:27:14 pm
Returning artifacts seems to be the common thing these days. I wonder when Britain will be losing its Marbles.
Rashna Tessa Walton
21/4/2023 02:55:03 pm
Ho ho.
Rashna Tessa Walton
21/4/2023 02:55:40 pm
It's a shady world.
Sue Clayton
24/4/2023 06:18:09 am
All artifacts should be returned to where they belong, although that might empty out some museums.
Sankar Chatterjee
24/4/2023 03:41:15 pm
Hello Paul, Rashna and Sue: Comments are closed.
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