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  • The British Museum Plans to Hire a Treasure Hunter. Duties Include Recovering Missing Artifacts Before They're Lost to History

    01/08/2026 4:20:30 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 27 replies
    Smithsonian Magazine ^ | January 7, 2026 | Christian Thorsberg
    More than two years after the British Museum announced that a number of its Greek and Roman artifacts were stolen, missing or damaged, the institution hopes to strengthen its search for the lost items by hiring... a dedicated treasure hunter....will assist in finding the items... whereabouts remain unknown after the museum revealed the theft in 2023...Of the estimated 1,500 artifacts that were originally reported missing, 654 have been recovered so far. Some items were identified after being listed on eBay -- including a piece of Roman jewelry worth $60,000 that was selling for $48 online -- and many others were...