Loot the battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world
For the past two centuries, the West has been plundering the treasures of the ancient world to fill its great museums, but in recent years, the countries where ancient civilizations originated have begun to push back, taking museums to court, prosecuting curators, and threatening to force the return...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Times Books,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pharaohs & emperors. Zahi rules
- Finding Rosetta
- The Louvre
- Denderah
- A tale of two cities
- tomb robbers on fifth avenue. Chasing the Lydian hoard
- Losing Lydia
- The Met
- lord elgin's legacy. The British Museum
- A Greek tragedy
- Hard-liners
- rough justice. Revenge in Rome
- The trials of Marion True
- The Getty Museum
- Repatriations.
