The Allard Pierson Archaeological Museum in Amsterdam has voluntarily returned an illegally excavated ancient vase, the Centuripe pyxis, to Sicily, although the return was not legally required, which the museum considers a moral obligation to take responsibility for its collection. #restauratie #cultuur #archeologie (translated)
The Allard Pierson Museum has decided to voluntarily return an antique vase, the Centuripe Pyxis, to Sicily due to evidence of illegal trade and to support the fight against the illegal trade in antiquities. #Centuripe #illegalehandel #teruggave (translated)
An antique vase, which has been in the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam since 1997, will be returned on Wednesday to the Sicilian village of Centuripe after research shows that it was probably looted by local tomb raiders and then sold. #Antiek #Kunst #Herkomstonderzoek (translated)
