Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage

by James Cuno

Book Overview

Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted museums, private collectors, and dealers against source countries, archaeologists, and academics. Maintaining that the acquisition of undocumented antiquities by museums encourages the looting of archaeological sites, countries such as Italy, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, and China have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691137129
• ISBN13: 9780691137124
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"