May 23, 2006
Illegal antiquities everywhere
Police on the Cycladic island of Paros said yesterday that they had arrested a 56-year-old woman for allegedly possessing a number of illegal antiquities, including nine sections of ancient columns.The rather brief article notes that the house of a former colleague of Marion True was also searched for artifacts, with nothing found. Not clear on what basis the searches are being conducted, though one wonders if it might not be de rigueur among Greek villa owners -- archeologically connected or no -- to have the odd artifact lying around the place.Officers from the Attica police antiquities department had been on the island to chase up leads from the discovery of a huge stash of illegal artifacts on the nearby island of Schinoussa.
Posted by David on May 23, 2006 8:29 AM
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Yes, exactly. One just picks up the odd column, stuffs it into ones capacious carpetbag and totes it on to ones villa.
Posted by: Sarah
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on May 23, 2006 2:06 PM
I'm happy to see such archaeological nationalism finally rearing its head in Italy, Greece, et al (esp.enforcement), but let's give some credit to those upscale looters who actually got the artifacts into the hands of museums and collectors who restored and shared their goods with the us museum junkies who otherwise would not have seen them.
Posted by: Thorn on September 21, 2006 3:45 AM
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