05-01-2026 13:19 via artnews.com

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

The British Museum is on a high-stakes 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. Professor Tom Harrison, who was recently promoted to lead the department, has been leading the painstaking recovery of the treasures spanning gold jewellery, semi-precious stones, and glass dating back to the 15th century BC. Ha
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