Several pre-Columbian artifacts are on display, including the “Return and Its Impact” exhibit at the Parthenon Museum in Nashville. After the exhibition, the artifacts will be returned to Mexico.
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Several pre-Columbian artifacts are on display, including the “Return and Its Impact” exhibit at the Parthenon Museum in Nashville. After the exhibition, the artifacts will be returned to Mexico.
Victoria Metzger/Centennial Park Preserve
The Rosetta Stone, the Kohinore Diamond, and the Elgin Marble sculptures of the Parthenon in Greece are all dazzling objects that carry the history of early civilizations.
But these objects, too, were taken away by colonists and remain on display in museum galleries far from home.
Over the past few years, museums around the world have been thinking about the looted treasures they preserve and benefit from.
Now, a small museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is returning ancient objects unearthed in Mexico.
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This episode was produced by Jonaki Mehta and Mia Venkat. This includes reporting by Elizabeth Blair and Nedda Urabi. It is edited by Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
