Morgantina 2009-2011. The return of the goddesses. The acroliti
December 8th, 2009 | by Benedict |A program of events and appointments in the long term the territory of ancient Morgantina protagonist. The occasion is one of those not to be missed. Will be exposed to Aidone (Enna) in Sicily two acroliti returned thanks to an agreement between the Ministry, the Region of Sicily, and American museums after being stolen and sold abroad.
The two faces identified with the goddess Demeter and Kore, will once again be exposed to the public December 13, 2009 in the Archaeological Museum of Aidone (Enna). The event is framed within "Morgantina 2009-2011. The return of the goddess ',' project coordinated by the Superintendence for Cultural and Environmental Heritage of Enna of the Regional Initiative for Cultural and Environmental Heritage.
In addition, the Archaeological Museum of Aidone in a period between 2010 and 2011 to acquire other important works, also the result of refunds. The findings, subject to the illegal theft of Morgantina site, are of exceptional artistic value and of fundamental scientific importance.
These services include returning the most important. In January 2011, in fact, awaited the arrival of the great goddess of the Getty, known as Aphrodite, or Demeter, Morgantina. The statue appeared suddenly in 1988 in the Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, Los Angeles. From the beginning students of Italian and excavation missions that the U.S. believed to be stolen from a shrine of Morgantina.
It can not be, then, ignoring the return of silverware Eupolemo provided for in the first half of 2010. This is a group of 15 pieces of silver tableware, of the third century. BC, of fine workmanship, stolen around 1981 and purchased by the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Some reference is a must for the exposure that differs from the usual mode. It 'was set up a display that points to the creativity and contamination between ancient and modern.
The two goddesses will be "dressed" by Marella Ferrera, the Sicilian designer who, after signing refined haute couture collections, has also collaborated with opera houses and theaters.
The inauguration of the exhibition will be preceded acroliti Saturday, December 12 and 2009 by a conference of international studies organized by the Superintendency of Enna in collaboration with the Province and the Kore University of Enna and the municipalities of Aidone and Piazza Armerina. Speakers include, among others, archaeologists Malcolm Bell and Carla Antonaccio directing excavations at Morgantina the U.S. mission, Clemente Marconi, professor at Columbia University, who first and 'busy acroliti of the study, Preston and Claudio Parisi.
Sources: adnkronos.com - ennaturismo.info
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One Response to "Morgantina 2009-2011. The return of the goddesses. The acroliti "
Easter by purse seine on January 3, 2010 | Reply
the return home of acroliti emozianante It is true, then the more 'soon by the return of the Venus resto.Speriamo cosi'che together they can find the right accommodation and returned to Aidone, membership site, the other finds that over the years were placed in the various museums of Sicily.