The Greek Archaeologist Going After Auction Houses for Looted Antiquities

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The Greek Archaeologist Going After Auction Houses for Looted Antiquities

June 16, 2020

Professor Christos Tsirogiannis, a Greek forensic archaeologist who has discovered and reported numerous cases of looted ancient artifacts in Greece and elsewhere, has become a nuisance for the wealthy auction houses of New York and London.

His investigations forced Christie’s of London to recently withdraw four Greek and Roman antiquities from the auction block. Last week, a US court ruled in favor of Greece in a bitter dispute with Sotheby’s over the sale of an exquisite ancient Greek bronze horse, in a case originally uncovered by the Greek archaeologist.

https://greece.greekreporter.com/202...d-antiquities/

[The Lawspeaker]

Excellent ! There should be much more checks on auction houses on whether they're selling looted antiquities. This is theft of state property (after all). In fact: ANY sale of national artefacts should be banned by law. Particularly if it means that they go abroad.

[Faklon]

He should destroy them since ancient Greeks were slave owners.