The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities--From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781586484026 (1586484028)
ASIN: 1586484028
Pages no: 379
Edition language: English
Well written and documented inquest into the world of antiquities. The looting, the thefts, the complaisance of the professionals (curators, museum board members, scholars), the greed all combine to make it extremely easy for tomb raiders (that includes collectors, museums, tombaroli, smugglers) to ...