By Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg From his office on the top floor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lucian Simmons has a vantage point from which to survey the huge mission he has undertaken.
The head of a griffin from 7th century B.C. is believed to have been taken from a museum in Olympia in the 1930s and later sold on the art market. By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...