Ursus Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 "They had to bring in lots of specialists. This would be the equivalent or the size of something like the ancient ... Dead Sea Scrolls." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=105218287 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted June 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Sounds like there is a lot of Roman-era stuff if the guilty party had to learn how to read Latin. I wonder what this will unfold once scholars sift through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Sisto says he realized the items his father collected belonged "to the world, not to an individual," so he confronted his father, causing a schism in the family. "It was enough to keep us apart for over a decade," Sisto says. Not for nuthin, but I wonder whether Sisto's confrontation with his father caused the old man to cut his son out of his will? In which case, it no doubt would have been easier for a disinherited son to tip off the FBI regarding the stolen goods. "I didn't want the event of my father's death to mean an inheritance for our family... Whatever the case (and purely for the sake of entertaining family drama), I wouldn't mind hearing whether the rest of the family (that stood to inherit) shared in Sisto's altruism. Thank goodness the old man never had a fire in his house. -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 I'm fascinated by the article's only picture. What do you think it is? It looks very Roman Empire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 I don't know, all of it could easily be post-Roman, especially if they're mainly manuscripts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted June 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 I'm fascinated by the article's only picture. What do you think it is? It looks very Roman Empire. In the center of the manuscript it looks like an eagle perching on a shield. A coat of arms? Very late Roman or Medieval, methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosus Viriustus Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 "He [ Sisto sr ] wanted to document it and spent years and years translating over 1,100 ancient manuscripts," he [ Sisto jr ] says. "And the translations are included along with the material that the FBI has seized and is returning to Italy." What gives the FBI the right to seize those translations ? They weren't stolen, even if the sources for them were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 "He [ Sisto sr ] wanted to document it and spent years and years translating over 1,100 ancient manuscripts," he [ Sisto jr ] says. "And the translations are included along with the material that the FBI has seized and is returning to Italy." What gives the FBI the right to seize those translations ? They weren't stolen, even if the sources for them were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosus Viriustus Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Those artifacts were stolen from Italy and then sold to the father. That's clearly a matter for the law. It might be a matter for the law and those translations may be seized temporarily as evidence in the case. But they are not Italian property. They are the property of the Sisto family. If they are handed over to the Italians I guarantee you years and years of costly law suits. And who's going to pay for those ? You are, partly. Formosus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosus Viriustus Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 By the way, that UNESCO treaty is totally ridiculous. And this is clearly a case of selective justice. If you were to enforce that treaty, you'd have to empty half of the ancient history and art musea in the world. What is that treaty based on ? Why should the 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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