John Kraniou, Author at JURIST

Metropolitan Museum signing landmark antiquities repatriation pact with Italy

John Kraniou

February 21, 2006 08:12:00 am

The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to sign an agreement with the Italian Culture Ministry in Rome Tuesday under which the museum will return several pieces of looted Hellenistic art in exchange...

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