Theft has become a recurring theme surrounding the British Museum, as the 270-year-old institution has been embroiled in a number of scandals in recent years. To start, there are longstanding repatriation efforts targeting the museum for the return of artifacts that have allegedly been looted centuries earlier, from the Benin Bronzes to the Parthenon Marbles. Just as notable is the case of Peter Higgs, the former curator of Greco-Roman art, who was caught stealing over 1,800 artifacts from the m...
Theft has become a recurring theme surrounding the British Museum, as the 270-year-old institution has been embroiled in a number of scandals in recent years. To start, there are longstanding repatriation efforts targeting the museum for the return of artifacts that have allegedly been looted centuries earlier, from the Benin Bronzes to the Parthenon Marbles. Just as notable is the case of Peter Higgs, the former curator of Greco-Roman art, who was caught stealing over 1,800 artifacts from the m...
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