COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—The Ny Carlsbeg Glyptotek will return a collection of some 500 ancient artifacts to Italy. Some of the objects, such as an Etruscan eighth-century B.C. bronze chariot, a shield, weapons, incense burners, and tableware, are believed to have been illegally excavated from the Sabine necropolis at Colle del Forno. The museum acquired most of these artifacts in the 1970s from a now discredited art dealer. In exchange for the return of the looted items, the Italian ministry of culture will lend “significant artifacts” to the Danish museum on a rotating basis. “What at first looked as if it would turn into a legal, political deadlock, has now, through an intense academic dialogue been transformed into a powerful and visionary agreement,” Glyptotek director Flemming Friborg told The Art Newspaper. For more on the Etruscans, go to "The Tomb of the Silver Hands."
