Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg
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The Met Will Return 16 Ancient Treasures Tied to Looting
Many of the works headed back to Cambodia and Thailand were featured in the museum’s galleries. All were linked to Douglas Latchford, a Khmer art...
Tracing Treasures of Ancient Rome to a Village That Looted Its Own Heritage
Investigators say they have figured out how bronze statues from a shrine built 2,000 years ago in Asia Minor to venerate the emperors of Rome...
At the Met, She Holds Court. At Home, She Held 71 Looted Antiquities.
Shelby White has given the museum generous gifts and 33 years of service as a trustee. But investigators recently seized many of her ancient artifacts, including 17 that were on loan...
The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth
Investigators seized the Attic Greek cup from the Met last year. They, and others, doubt the museum’s reconstruction of it from fragments was simply a...
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