THE CASE OF THE STOLEN SUMERIAN ANTIQUITIES
Dec 06, 2018
2 minutes
—DANIEL WEISS
On May 2, 2003, shortly after the invasion of Iraq, London’s Metropolitan Police raided an antiquities dealer and seized eight artifacts they believed had been obtained through illicit channels. It’s typically impossible to trace looted antiquities back to their original context. But in this instance, through a combination of good fortune and canny sleuthing, experts were able to close the case.
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