Morgantina treasure

The Morgantina treasure is a set of 16 pieces of Greek silverware with details in gold excavated from Morgantina near modern Aidone. The hoard includes two large bowls, a cup with two handles, plates and several drinking utensils. In 2010 the treasure was transferred from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Rome.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ "Rome to display ancient Greek silverware". Associated Press. March 19, 2010. http://www.seattlepi.com/artandlife/1404ap_eu_italy_looted_antiquities.html. Retrieved 2010-03-20. 
2. ^ "A Trove of Ancient Silver Said to Be Stolen Returns to Its Home in Sicily". New York Times. December 5, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/arts/design/06silver.html?_r=1. Retrieved 2010-12-06. "This year this cache of 16 Hellenistic silver-gilt objects known as the Morgantina silver was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. For decades archaeologists, magistrates and eventually the Italian government had attempted to convince the museum that the pieces had been illegally excavated 30 years ago from Morgantina, an ancient Greek settlement whose ruins lie next to Aidone."