a major victory in the struggle for their cultural heritage was won by the Italians. Activists from the island of Sardinia was able to stop the sale on the new York auction 4500-year-old marble statues of the mother goddess. This object of worship, originating from the island of Sardinia and Dating back to 2500 years BC (bronze age), was going to be auctioned at Christie's on December 11. Lot was evaluated in a wide range from 400 thousand to 1.2 million dollarov@

a Politician from Sardinia Mauro Drank (Mauro Pili), who led the campaign for the return of illegally exported artifact, called the possible sale of figurines "robbery heritage and civilization of Sardinia". The politician added that "fighting archaeological looting has reached a critical tocci@

Paolo Montorsi (Andrea Montorsi), the head of the Italian carabinieri, working to protect the cultural values of the country, said in an interview that now is find the current owner of the artifact. The police were going to establish how the statuette of the goddess-mother came into the hands of this man and how can he prove his right sobstvennosti@

Mauro Drank, head of the small Sardinian party Unitos, also searches for six bronze artifacts surgically civilization (the ancient Roman culture of Sardinia, which is characterized by the construction of megalithic towers - the Nuraghe). Activist learned that six of artifacts illegally removed from Sardinia more than 30 years ago, were sold through the new York site. Now they probably are in private collections in England, France and Switzerland. It is hardly possible to determine where and when these bronze artifacts have been stolen, however, the Italian carabinieri hope to solve the question of their return with colleagues from other countries, not pushing judicial Iskov@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: ansa.it, independent.co.uk, artinvestment.ru