ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation ...

The head of a griffin from 7th century B.C. is believed to have been taken from a museum in Olympia in the 1930s and later sold on the art market. By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art is ...

Items like this bronze griffin head were often used to adorn ceremonial cauldrons in ancient Greek sanctuaries. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a ...

The core of the site is the Altis, the sacred enclosure at the centre of the sanctuary. It gathers temple foundations, treasuries, altars and other remains within a low valley framed by hills and ...

Bronze Head of a Griffin, 7th century BCE. Photo: Bruce Schwarz/Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on February 24 returned to Greece an ancient bronze griffin head ...

NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece the bronze head of a griffin, a mythological creature, after determining that the artifact from the seventh century B.C. was probably ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s ...