Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Redwood PressISBN-13:9781503632509ISBN-10:1503632504UPC:9781503632509Book Category:History, True Crime, ReligionBook Subcategory:Ancient, Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Antiquities & ArchaeologyBook Topic:EgyptSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCMAGKSESX
Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts
In 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact--a fragment of papyrus, just discovered, carrying lines from Paul's letter to the Romans, and dated to the second century CE. Noted scholar Roberta Mazza was stunned. When was this piece discovered, and how could Green acquire such a rare item? The answers,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Redwood PressISBN-13:9781503632509ISBN-10:1503632504UPC:9781503632509Book Category:History, True Crime, ReligionBook Subcategory:Ancient, Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Antiquities & ArchaeologyBook Topic:EgyptSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCMAGKSESX
Roberta Mazza is Associate Professor of Papyrology at the University of Bologna. She previously held positions at the University of Manchester, where she was honorary curator of the Manchester Museum, and at the University of California, Berkeley.
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