Italy Receives Repatriated Antiquities: Alexander The Great Head

Amongst the 31 items repatriated to Italy was a 1st-century CE marble head portraying Alexander the Great as the sun god Helio, which was excavated from the Basilica Emilia in the Roman Discussion forum, prior to it was swiped from a historical gallery in Rome.

Antiquities Trafficking System (ATU) Success

The return is just the current for Alvin Bragg, that has actually functioned as D.A. since 2021, and the Antiquities Trafficking System, which has actually been led by aide D.A. Matthew Bogdanos given that he developed the unit in 2017. In the years because, Bogdanos, Bragg, and the ATU have boldy gone after investigations into classical times traffickers and collectors, bring about a near-constant stream of high-profile seizures and returns.

Visigoth Pendants Returned to Spain

To Spain, the ATU returned a number of Visigoth pendants dating back to the sixth century C.E. and later trafficked by Symes and marketed to the Met in 1990. The ATU took the items from the Met previously this year.

The objects returned today came from examinations right into numerous founded guilty traffickers, including Giacomo Medici, Giovanni Franco Becchina, Robin Symes, Robert Hecht, and Eugene Alexander. Several things likewise originated from an examination right into Edoardo Almagià, for whom the D.A. acquired an apprehension warrant and that is awaiting extradition from Italy. The DA claimed that the ATU has confiscated 295 things that were supposedly trafficked by Almagià, completing over $6 million.