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Posted on 20061110 by MG
Italian media don’t talk about, but the italian goverment is disappointed beacause of the Getty Museum in LA.
The museum refuse to return dozens of art objects that appear to be illegaly excavated and spirited out of the country.
The talks have bogged down in recent weeks as a dispute has deepened over other important pieces on the list, including a rare fifth-century B.C. limestone statue of a Greek deity, possibly Aphrodite, acquired by the Getty in 1988; and a fourth-century B.C. bronze statue of a heroic youth sometimes attributed to the Greek sculptor Lysippos, acquired in 1977.
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