Investigators with the Manhattan district attorney’s office have seized nearly 30 ancient artifacts from the city’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the seizures coming from a special investigation unit dedicated to stolen antiquities.
The artifacts—from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt—were reportedly valued at around $13 million, the New York Times reports. The investigations were carried out over the past six months involving three separate search warrants.
The majority of the 27 items seized will be repatriated back to Italy, while six will be returned to Egypt.
The Met told the Times that it was fully cooperating with the investigations.
“The norms of collecting have changed significantly in recent decades,” the museum told the paper, “and The Met’s policies and procedures in this regard have been under constant review over the past 20 years.”
Indiana Jones under investigation?
New York cheats at everything! The Big Apple is a Big Lie.
I’m confident that the Met had no idea the items had been purloined; too, I have the GW bridge for sale, cheap!
Tony R: https://youtu.be/8ezHMpZsyAs
“The norms of collecting have changed significantly in recent decades,” the museum told the paper..”
Uh huh.
10% for the Big Guy?
I’m interested in what the veterans of this board think about what this guy has to say. His links are legit.
Derek Johnson explains how Trump is still President of the United States of America
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Indict them!!
That’s what we’re supposed to demand when important people have stuff seized under a search warrant, right?
Ha… I thought it was New York Mets artifacts ie. Ed Kranepool’s mitt, Cleon Jones spikes, etc.
The nazis have started to loot the museums.
Among the items seized were a laptop and 33,000 emails.
“We will not be outdone by the FBI, go raid The Met!”
Maybe the worst art thief was Lord Elgin, possibly worse than Herman Goering. Elgin literally ripped statues and bas-reliefs right off the Parthenon and shipped them back to the British Museum (BM) ca.1800-1809. I’ve seen them there.
Elgin claimed he had authorization, but that has not been located. Britain should give them back to Greece.