November 5, 2008
Who owns the ancient past
James Cuno & Lord Renfrew discuss where ancient artefacts are best displayed, James Cuno has made his view clear on a regular basis in recent months. Lord Renfrew previously ran the Illicit Antiquities Research Centre at Cambridge University.
If you go the BBC website, you can listen to the original interview.
From:
BBC News
Page last updated at 09:57 GMT, Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Who owns our ancient past?What should be done with objects from antiquity, when their provenance is uncertain?
From the debate over the British Museum’s Elgin Marbles, to the conviction of art dealer Giacomo Medici in 2004 for selling millions of pounds worth of stolen Italian antiquities on the international market, curators face a minefield when acquiring new objects.
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