artefacts
The British Museum has tracked down 268 more artefacts that had vanished from its storerooms, bringing the total number of retrieved items to 626. The recovery effort comes after the revelation last year that approximately 2,000 items, dating from 1,500BC to the 19th century, and comprising jewellery made of gold and semi-precious stones, were missing, with some even surfacing on eBay. George Osborne, chairman of the British Museum trustees and former Chancellor, expressed his astonishment: “Few expected to see this day, and even I had my doubts." “When we announced the devastating news that o...
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A European court has upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was justified in trying to reclaim what it considers a vital part of its cultural heritage. “This is not just a victory for the Italian government. It's a victory for culture,” said Maurizio Fiorilli, who as an Italian government attorney had spearheaded Italy's efforts to recover its looted antiquities and, in particular, the Getty bronze. The "Victorious Youth," a life-sized bronze sculpture dating back to 300-100 B.C., is a highlight of the Getty collection...
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A gold pocket watch retrieved from the body of the Titanic's wealthiest passenger has been sold for a record-breaking £1.2 million (€1.4m) to a private collector in the US. The auction took place on Saturday at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, marking the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia, according to the auctioneers. The timepiece, belonging to John Jacob Astor IV of the affluent Astor family, fetched ten times its expected auction price of £100,000 to £150,000 (€117,000 to €175,000). At the time of the sinking, the 47-year-old Astor was one of the richest people on...
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The National Gallery in London has been undergoing a major makeover for its 200th anniversary. But as builders prepared to dig a new tunnel earlier this month underneath the National Gallery’s Jubilee Walk – the walkway linking Trafalgar Square and Orange Street – they also made a stunning archaeological discovery. The excavation site, with artefacts that include a hearth dating back to the 7th or 8th century, suggests that the Saxon settlement of Ludenwic once existed where the National Gallery now stands. Spanish archaeologists restore extraordinary 3,000-year-old Egyptian coffinArchaeologis...
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