Turkish representatives joined Bowling Green State University administrators at a news conference Tuesday to discuss the decision, the Toledo Blade reported . Southern Methodist University art history professor Stephanie Langin-Hooper, one of the researchers who probed the history of the mosaics, praised the return of the artifacts. Officials originally thought the pieces were from the Turkish city of Antioch but researchers later determined they probably came from the city of Zeugma. Bowling Green bought the 12 mosaics from a New York gallery in 1965 and displayed them in the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Bowling Green and Turkish officials agreed that the artifacts would be returned in May.

Source: National Post December 01, 2018 15:56 UTC