# @ladbible on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVJz4Iyk2e6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57469438-ladbible-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-24T20:00:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** LADbible (@ladbible) — https://gondola.cc/ladbible

## Caption

The British Museum is taking an unusual step to recover antiquities that vanished from its collection 🏛️⁠
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More than two years after staff discovered that up to around 1,500 ancient Greek and Roman items, including gold jewellery, gems and glass objects had been stolen or gone missing, the institution is now seeking to hire a dedicated “treasure hunter”-style investigator to track them down.⁠
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Unlike the adventurer stereotype, the role focuses on archival research, networking with auction houses, art dealers and private collectors, and combing records to match missing pieces before they’re lost to history — such as gold that could be melted down or sold off. So far over 600 of the items have been recovered, but the museum is hoping a specialist dedicated to this task will speed up the search and help protect its cultural heritage⁠
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#archeology #trending #ladbible

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