Culture Minister Mendoni receives bronze griffin head returned by MET Museum in New York

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni attended a special ceremony organised by the Metropolitan Museum in New York for the return of an ancient Greek bronze griffin from MET director and CEO Max Hollein, the culture ministry announced on Tuesday.

The griffin from Ancient Olympia, a decoration from a cauldron dated to 650-625 B.C., had been prominently on display in the MET’s Greek and Roman antiquities collection until Monday. It is returning to Greece following “lengthy and systematic cooperation” between the culture ministry and the museum, the announcement said.

The minister, in her address, noted that the specific repatriation was particularly important as it was not the result of a demand made by the Greek authorities. On the contrary, the MET itself, in 2018, undertook to investigate the provenance of the griffin head, which had been part of the Greek and Roman antiquities collection since the early 1970s following a private donation.

Source: ANA – MPA

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