Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza: Indonesian Hospital still besieged, now out of service along with all hospitals north of the Strip.
Al-Dali: Talk of assassinating the Palestinian leader reveals occupation's failure to detain him to collect vital, strategic information on Resistance's operations.
Military expert Hani al-Dali: It seems that goal of Israeli operation was to detain [Resistance] leader Ahmad Serhan to gather vital information.
Al Mayadeen's Bureau chief in occupied Palestine: What happened in Khan Younis is an Israeli security, intelligence failure.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Force failed to achieve its objective, killing a Palestinian citizen and kidnapping his wife and children.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza: Information suggests that Israeli force, disguised in women's clothing, attempted to arrive at location of Israeli captives north of Khan Younis.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza: 160 martyrs arrived at hospitals since dawn.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Information received suggests that occupation failed to achieve objective of fire belts in Khan Younis.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza: Israeli occupation launched more than 40 airstrikes on Khan Younis in span of a few seconds.
Al Mayadeen correspondent: 7 martyrs and wounded after an Israeli drone bombed a group of Palestinians while they were preparing a water well at the end of Al-Jalaa Street, north of Gaza.

Stolen artifacts repatriated to Italy from New York

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 24 Jul 2022 21:57
  • 1 Shares
3 Min Read

New York officials have returned stolen antiquities valued at nearly $14 million to Italy, including artifacts seized from US billionaire Michael Steinhardt.

  • x
  • Ercolano Fresco
    The Ercolano Fresco, showing an infant Hercules strangling a snake, is worth $1 million and is one of the recovered items valued at around $14 million

Dozens of looted artifacts - some dating to the 4th century B.C. - were repatriated to a museum for rescued art in Rome after New York investigators seized the art pieces and brought them to Italy this week.

In a criminal investigation, a fresco dating to A.D. 50, was among the 142 antiquities recovered; the painting's source was an ancient town that was buried under volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted. It was looted from a villa in the Herculaneum archaeological site, in 1995, and one of the world’s largest ancient art collectors, the hedge fund billionaire Michael Steinhardt, bought it that year for $650,000, as per the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

The Ercolano Fresco, showing an infant Hercules strangling a snake, is worth $1 million and is part of the collection of recovered items valued at around $14 million.

The collection includes an Archaic pithos (storage jar) dating back to 700 B.C. and three pieces of fresco that depict mourning women and date back to the 4th century. These frescos came from an old Greek city in southern Italy. According to New York officials, the thieves hacked the paintings from the wall of a tomb.

  • This pithos (storage jar) dates to 700 B.C. and was part of the stolen antiquities that have been repatriated to Italy. Credit: Manhattan DA’s Office
    This pithos (storage jar) dates to 700 B.C. and was part of the stolen antiquities that have been repatriated to Italy. Credit: Manhattan DA’s Office

Related News

S.Korea presidential candidate says open to discussing US troop costs

Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer

However, they will be repatriated to the Museum of Rescued Art in Rome, which opened last month in the Italian capital to show recovered artifacts before they are taken back to the regions where they were plundered or lost.

“Though the pieces being repatriated today have a written price tag of millions of dollars, the historical, artistic, and cultural values attached to each of the relics are immeasurable and priceless," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.

After Italian and US investigators traced trafficked art back to Steinhardt’s collection, he gave up late last year 180 pieces, with the sections of fresco, and accepted a lifetime ban on buying antiquities.

48 of the artifacts handed back to Italy at a repatriation ceremoney on Wednesday in New York came from Steinhardt, and 60 others were recovered from the New York art dealership Royal-Athena Galleries, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said.

“These artifacts deserve a place in their homeland, where the people of Italy can jointly appreciate the marvels of their country’s past,” Bragg said.

Consul General of Italy Fabrizio Di Michele, who attended the repatriation ceremony, said, the “repatriation of these 142 masterpieces, previously stolen or looted in Italy, is very important for our country.”

Read more: $10m worth of antiques trafficked in the US return to Italy

  • United States
  • New York
  • Italy
  • Michael Steinhardt

Most Read

Gaza and the logic of necropolitics: Sovereignty measured by killing

Gaza and the logic of necropolitics: Sovereignty measured by killing

  • Politics
  • 15 May 2025
Two F-35 jets arrive at it's new operational base Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah. (AP)

F-35 near-misses over Yemen signal new risks for 'Israel': Forbes

  • Politics
  • 14 May 2025
Abu Obaida

Abu Obeida posts shortly after Israeli reports about his assassination

  • Palestine
  • 15 May 2025
YAF say struck 'Israel's' Ben-Gurion Airport with missiles, drones

YAF say struck 'Israel's' Ben Gurion Airport with missiles, drones

  • MENA
  • 18 May 2025

Coverage

All
Gaza prevails against genocide

Read Next

All
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks up during a press statement at the Carmelite Monastery in the Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary, April 3, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Under US pressure, Netanyahu allows limited Gaza aid, bypasses Cabinet

A Hamas fighter in combat fatigues stands before the ceremony for the handover of Israeli captives to the Red Cross in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 (AP)
Politics

'Israel' commits massacres during talks to pressure Hamas: Official

In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks to navy officials, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP)
Politics

Nuclear deal with US possible if intimidation tactics stop: Pezeshkian

Israeli forces inspect the site where a projectile fired by the Yemeni Armed Forces landed in the area of Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, occupied Palestine, on Sunday, May 4, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Yemen warns airlines against flights to Ben Gurion amid blockade

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS