How an Academic Uncovered One of the Biggest Museum Heists of All Time

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How an Academic Uncovered One of the Biggest Museum Heists of All Time

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Excellent Reads · 11 months ago

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When a Danish dealer named Ittai Gradel blew the whistle on stolen British Museum antiquities showing up online, it was the culmination of a yearslong antiques whodunit.

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