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

by Waxman, Sharon.

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New York : Times Books, 2008.

Archaeological thefts.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008015575-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008015575-d.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008015575-s.html

xiv, 414 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

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.

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.

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