Antiquities & Patrimony

A series of editorials and articles on scheming by Greece and Italy and Egypt to wrest from American museums and collectors art that was lawfully bought.

Italy Will Drop Former Getty Curator's Civil Charges

By STEVE SCHERER
August 3, 2007

ROME — Italy will drop civil suits against former J. Paul Getty Museum antiquities curator Marion True after the Los Angeles museum agreed Wednesday to return 40 works Italy says were looted, Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli said yesterday. Ms. True…

Getty Museum Will Return Antiquities to Italy

In Fight Over Antiquities, Italy's Culture Minister Threatens L.A.'s Getty Museum

Older Than Italy

The Kroisos What?

Patrimony Strikes Again

The Italian Job

Innocents Abroad