Loot : the battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world / Sharon Waxman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waxman, Sharon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art thefts.

Archaeological thefts.

Physical Description:

xiv, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Times Books, 2008.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [391]-394) and index.

ISBN:

9780805086539

0805086536

OCLC:

216941775

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