Title
Loot : the battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world / Sharon Waxman.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780805086539
0805086536
Publication Details
New York : Times Books, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 414 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Call Number
N8795 .W39 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
709.01
364.16/287
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-394) and index.
Pharaohs and 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.
