Displays of several pre-Columbian artifacts, including the “Repatriation and Its Impact” exhibit at the Parthenon museum in Nashville. The artifacts will be returned to Mexico when the exhibition ends.
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Displays of several pre-Columbian artifacts, including the “Repatriation and Its Impact” exhibit at the Parthenon museum in Nashville. The artifacts will be returned to Mexico when the exhibition ends.
Victoria Metzger/Centennial Park Conservancy
The Rosetta Stone, the Kohinoor diamond, the sculptures from the Greek Parthenon known as the Elgin Marbles are all dazzling objects that carry the history of early civilizations.
But these objects were also appropriated by colonialists and are still displayed in museum galleries far from their homes.
Over the years, museums around the world have been re-accounting for the looted treasures they kept and benefited from.
Now a small museum in Nashville, Tennessee is returning ancient objects unearthed in Mexico.
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This episode is produced by Jonaki Mehta and Mia Venkat. It features reporting by Elizabeth Blair and Neda Ulaby. It was edited by Courtney Dorning. Our production manager is Sami Yenigun.
