Mobsters, Museums and the Twin Towers: Tutankhamun and the Illicit Antiquities Trade
Brendan Pittaway
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Posted 22.01.2013
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Dr Zahi Hawass, an egyptologist who styles himself as his country's 'Indiana Jones', has pressed foreign governments, museums and collectors to hand back even those treasures taken and maintained with the best of intentions. The British Museum has long resisted his attempts to return the Rosetta Stone.
