Who Owns Antiquities?
JUNE 11, 2008 WEDNESDAY AT 3PM CT

 
  Who owns antiquities? Should they be returned to the countries where they were found? Museum directors say no, but countries such as Italy, Greece, Turkey, and China are all clamoring for their return and have passed laws against their future export.

Guest
  • James Cuno, director of the Art Institute of Chicago, author of "Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage"
  • Donny George Youkhanna, visiting professor in the department of anthropology at Stony Brook University in New York
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