La Turchia vince la causa: gli Stati Uniti dovrebbero restituire la statua di Marcus Aurelius
https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/roma-imparatoru-marcus-aureliusun-heykeli-65-yil-sonra-ait-oldugu-topraklara-geliyor/3632134
di turkish__cowboy
La Turchia vince la causa: gli Stati Uniti dovrebbero restituire la statua di Marcus Aurelius
https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/roma-imparatoru-marcus-aureliusun-heykeli-65-yil-sonra-ait-oldugu-topraklara-geliyor/3632134
di turkish__cowboy
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ANKARA
The Ministry of Culture & Tourism has concluded the prolonged legal efforts to retain the Marcus Aurelius statue that was smuggled from the ancient city of Boubon in the 1960s.
Dated back to the 2nd or 3rd century CE, the statue that portrays the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius as a philosopher had changed hands for many years following its smuggling from Turkey.
The Ministry had identified that the statue was located at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and thus following a lawsuit, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the USHS Homeland Security Investigations cooperated with Turkish authorities in regards of the reacquisition of the artefact.
An official ceremony held at the museum in April formally returned the statue to Turkey – following further arrangements, it’s expected to arrive in Turkey in a few days. A special flight by Turkish Airlines will carry the artefact to Ankara, where it will meet the art enthusiasts.
Good news 🙏🏻 praying for all cultural property that got stolen off of its own lands, hopefully this becomes a thing of the past everywhere.
Good.
US: We thought it was a gift
Turkey: Yeah, from the Roman Empire. To us
taco might say no like he did with the other football trophy
Weird.
Wasn’t this literally the plot of a Madam Secretary episode?
Expected**
Now will they do it, it’s trump afterall, can’t expect him really to return it
While were at it ask Turkey to return the churches it converted to mosques in the 1940’s.
Better avoid flying over Britain, it would made a nice addition to the parthenon marbles ^^
this is great news, congrats, but find this guy’s head ffs !
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