Greece sues for Mycenaean gold

Michael Ward of the Michael Ward Gallery, New York, New York, is being sued by the government of Greece for return of a collection of Mycenaean gold jewelry. The items in the collection, acquired from a European collector, have never before been published or publicly exhibited and were unknown to scholars. Some specialists believe the jewelry came from Aidonia in Greece and must have been illegally exported. However, Ward points out that many Mycenaean objects have been found outside Greece, and that the government did not respond to an earlier inquiry about the objects' provenance.