October
14
/ 2013
Last month we reported on a major development for ethics in archaeology when we saw the US return a historically significant artefact to Iran – a precious Persian silver chalice dating back 2,700 years which depicts a Griffin, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, found in the legends of many cultures around the world. But unfortunately the move, which was intended to aid diplomatic relations between the US and Iran, has fallen flat on its face after it was proven that the artefact is in fact a fake produced in 1999. The discovery has caused a deeply problematic beginning in relations between the two Nations. It was said that
