by Jon Lackman | 5 April 2006 | Ancient, Crime
From the L.A. Times: “In a surprise search Wednesday, Greek authorities seized 17 unregistered artifacts and a Byzantine icon from the vacation house of Marion True, the former J. Paul Getty Museum antiquities curator on trial in Rome on charges she trafficked in looted art.”
From the N.Y. Times: “one of the largest donations New York University had ever received: $200 million in cash and real estate for the founding of an ancient studies institute … is stirring intense debate among archaeologists across the country, and even at N.Y.U. By accepting the money, some argue, the university is tacitly approving [donor] Ms. White’s practice of buying Greek and Roman antiquities, including some that experts believe were looted from archaeological sites. Some scholars point proudly to policies adopted by their own institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Cincinnati and Bryn Mawr College, to discourage or even ban the acceptance of Levy-White money. To protest the donation, one professor has already resigned from N.Y.U.’s existing Center for Ancient Studies, an umbrella group that will continue to coordinate the university’s study of antiquity across various disciplines.”
