Gems stolen from British Museum seen for first time
www.bbc.co.uk
An exhibition will show 10 glass gems out of 350 items that have been recovered by the museum.
  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The vast majority of the recovered items have come from Danish gemstone dealer Dr Ittai Gradel, who first alerted the museum to the thefts in 2021.

    Is it me or does it make it sound like they have so much shit they didn’t even realize they were gone?

    Side note though, those look beautiful.

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      yeah. They aren’t “displaying them for everyone around the world” they’re hoarding them in basements and taking them out every once in a while.