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Museum of Cycladic Art opens exhibition with Proto-Cycladic era treasures

The return of these antiquities is not only morally imperative, but it is also technically and legally possible, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during the opening ceremony

The exhibition is the first step in the implementation of the ratified agreement between the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York for the gradual return of the entire collection to Greece, while it is already the property and province of the Greek state.

The 15 archaeological treasures, ten figurines and five vases, cover a wide chronological spectrum that extends from the latest Neolithic to the Proto-Cycladic II period.

The exhibition opens its doors to the public on Thursday 3 November and will run until the end of October 2023.