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Los Angeles museum to return 40 antiquities to Italy

The private J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return 40 antiquities to Italy under an agreement that ends a long-standing dispute, officials announced Wednesday.

This picture taken on Dec. 5, 2005 shows a 4th century B.C. stone sculpture representing Aphrodite that they claim was illegally excavated from Morgantina, Sicily, and is now part of the J.Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, C.A. in the U.S. (AP Photo)The two sides reached an agreement on the antiquities, but did not decide on the fate of "the Statue of a Victorious Youth," also known as the Getty Bronze, which Italian officials say was illegally removed from an Italian fishing village. Italian Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli, and J. Paul Getty Museum director Michael Brand announced in a joint statement that they would wait to discuss the fate of the Greek bronze, believed to date from around 300 B.C., until "the outcome of ongoing legal proceedings, which are now underway in Pesaro, Italy." Most of the disputed works will be returned over the next few months, according to the statement. One of the most celebrated of the disputed works, a 5th Century B.C. statue of the goddess Aphrodite, will remain at the Getty until 2010 before it is sent back to Italy, according to the statement. The agreement comes days before a deadline imposed by Italian authorities for the Getty to either return the artifacts or suffer the rupture of all cultural ties with Italy. The agreement also provides for widespread cultural cooperation between Italy and the Getty, including loans of other treasures to the Los Angeles museum, which is famous for its collection and display of ancient Greek and Roman artworks. VietNamNet/Xinhuanet

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