Loot : the battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world

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Label

Loot : the battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world

Title remainder

the battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world

Statement of responsibility

Sharon Waxman

Creator

• Waxman, Sharon

Subject

• Archaeological thefts
• Art thefts

Language

eng

Summary

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 of these priceless objects. Where do these treasures rightly belong? Sharon Waxman, a former culture reporter for The New York Times and a longtime foreign correspondent, brings us inside this high-stakes conflict, examining the implications for the preservation of the objects themselves and for how we understand our shared cultural heritage

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

709.01

Index

index present

LC call number

N8795

LC item number

.W39 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography