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British Museum sues former curator accused of selling items on eBay
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe museum's legal team told the court that Peter Higgs may have sold to at least 45 separate buyers...
British Museum gems for sale on eBay - how a theft was exposed
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 weeks ago[BBC] In 2020, Danish antiquities dealer Dr Ittai Gradel began to suspect an eBay seller he had been...
The British Museum is suing a former curator it says stole 1,800 items and tried to sell them
Associated Press via AOL· 3 months agoThe British Museum went to court Tuesday against a former curator alleged to have stolen hundreds of...
Nobel Prize winner Peter Higgs, who discovered so-called 'God particle,' dies at 94
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoProfessor Peter Higgs (pictured in 2013) died Monday at his home in Edinburgh, the University of...
British Museum poaches National Portrait Gallery boss after stolen artefacts scandal
The Independent US via AOL· 3 months agoThe British Museum has appointed the head of the National Portrait Gallery as its new director...
British Museum obtains court order against ex-curator over alleged thefts
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA London court on Tuesday ordered a former curator at the British Museum accused of stealing...
Named: Curator sacked after British Museum treasures vanished
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoA British museum antiquities expert sacked after the disappearance of gold jewellery and...
FBI investigating missing ancient treasures from British Museum
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 weeks ago[BBC] The FBI is investigating the sale to US buyers of what are suspected to be hundreds of...
British Museum director resigns after spate of treasure thefts
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoThe director of the British Museum will be stepping down from his position with immediate effect as...
Greece accused of ‘blatant opportunism’ for suggesting British Museum is not safe
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoA senior Tory MP has accused Greece of “blatant opportunism” for suggesting the British Museum is...