British Museum to Hire Specialist to Find Missing Gold ‘Before It’s Melted Down’

British Museum Seeks Specialist to Hunt Down Missing Treasures

The British Museum is looking for an experienced treasure hunter to track hundreds of Greek and Roman antiquities that went missing from its collection in recent years and were possibly stolen by an employee. Tom Harrison, head of the institution’s Greek and Roman collections, told the London Times that he hopes to hire someone to […]

British Museum Seeks Treasure Hunter to Recover Stolen Antiquities

The British Museum is stepping up the search for hundreds of antiquities, stolen in 2023, by hiring a dedicated treasure hunter.

British Museum to Hire Specialist to Find Missing Gold ‘Before It’s Melted Down’

The British Museum is on the hunt for hundreds of stolen artifacts, and it plans to hire a specialist to help track them down before they vanish for good. In 2023, the museum revealed that thousands of items had gone missing from its Greek and Roman collections. Tom Harrison, who was recently promoted to lead the department, has been leading the painstaking recovery of the treasures spanning gold jewelry, semiprecious stones, and glass dating …