Aegina 4
A close-up of the dying warrior from the pedimental sculpture of the temple of Aphaia at Aigina. The East Pediment is more stylistically advanced than the West and must have been carved a generation later, about 475 BC. Though the statues are well documented as having been looted during illicit excavations in 1811, smuggled out of Greece, and auctioned in Malta before making their way to Germany, there has to date been little interest paid in repatriating them to Greece – where they might be displayed next to the well-preserved temple which they once decorated.
Aegina 4
A close-up of the dying warrior from the pedimental sculpture of the temple of Aphaia at Aigina. The East Pediment is more stylistically advanced than the West and must have been carved a generation later, about 475 BC. Though the statues are well documented as having been looted during illicit excavations in 1811, smuggled out of Greece, and auctioned in Malta before making their way to Germany, there has to date been little interest paid in repatriating them to Greece – where they might be displayed next to the well-preserved temple which they once decorated.