Antiquities
Getty Museum will return Orpheus and the Sirens to Italy
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The Getty Museum in Los Angeles will be returning illegally excavated artwork and other treasures to Italy, among them one of the museum’s most prized pieces.
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The Getty Museum in Los Angeles will be returning illegally excavated artwork and other treasures to Italy, among them one of the museum’s most prized pieces.
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott writes about TWH’s focus on efforts to repatriate art and antiquities to their home countries.
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