Greece regains antiquities

ATHENS, Greece, April 18 (UPI) -- Six centuries-old ceremonial pottery pieces that had been owned by a British collector were returned to Greece Wednesday.

The miniature black-glazed artifacts were turned over to the Athens Agora's Stoa of Attalus museum under terms Martin Robertson outlined in his will, the Athens News Agency said. The British scholar and collector died in 2004.

Robinson inherited the items from American archaeologist Lucy Talcott, the recording secretary of Agora excavations in the 1930s and '40s.

The artifacts officially were presented by one of Robertson's sons, Stephen, who drew attention to Greece's continuing effort to secure the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Athens.

Alexandros Mantis, curator of the Acropolis archaeological site, thanked the Robertson family and noted the artifacts' return marked the eighth repatriation during the past year of artifacts taken from Acropolis-related sites.