MALIBU—The J. Paul Getty Museum will return a terracotta head of the Greek god Hades to Sicily. The museum acquired the sculpture from a collector in 1985, but it is believed that it was “clandestinely excavated” in the early 1970s from a sanctuary dedicated to Demeter and Persephone at the heavily looted site of Morgantina. Four fragments of terracotta found near Morgantina helped archaeologists to link the head to the site.
Getty Museum to Return Hades Terracotta Head to Sicily
News January 11, 2013
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