January 18th News

Looted art in some form or another is the big story today.

New stories as of 6:34 AM:

Italy To Unveil 6th Century Vase
USA Today
ROME (AP) — Italy is unveiling one of the most prestigious prizes in its campaign against illegal trafficking in antiquities, a 2,500-year-old vase by Greek artist Euphronius that was returned by the Metropolitan Museum in New York...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-18-italy-looted-art_N.htm

Collector Returns Art Italy Says Was Looted
The New York Times
After 18 months of intense negotiations, the New York philanthropist Shelby White has ceded 10 classical antiquities from her private collection that Italy contends were looted from its soil, the Italian culture minister confirmed this week...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/arts/18collect.html?ref=arts

Bust Of Roman Emperor Back In Algerian Hands
The Daily Star
ALGIERS: A marble bust of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is back in Algerian hands, 12 years after it was stolen from a museum in the east of the country, the domestic APS news agency reported Wednesday...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=4&Article_id=88115

Tithebarn Could Yield Medieval Treasures
Lancashire Evening Post
Medieval treasures could be buried beneath the site of Preston's £750m regeneration project, it has been claimed...
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Tithebarn-could-yield-medieval-treasures.3687861.jp