Oct 05 2009
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“Two jealously guarded ancient Greek statues are to be allowed out of their Calabrian home for a one-off ‘check-up’ in Rome.
“The priceless 2,500-year-old Riace Bronzes will leave the Museo Nazionale di Reggio Calabria ahead of a museum revamp for the 150th anniversary of Italian unification in 2011, officials said Thursday.
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“They have only left Calabria once since they were discovered in the sea off Reggio almost 40 years ago - a round-Italy trip in 1981 that sold out venues in Rome, Florence and Milan. Calabrian Archeological Superintendent Simonetta Bonomi said their stay in Rome, for a ‘conservative’ clean-up at the National Restoration Institute, would be ‘as short as possible’.”
