The British Museum launches a public hotline asking for help to locate some 2,000 missing artefacts, revealing they were mostly ancient Greek and Roman gems and jewellery.
Home to treasures such as the Rosetta Stone and the Parthenon marbles, the British Museum houses one of the world's most visited collections and has since tightened its security.
Sixty items had now been returned, with a further 300 identified and due to be handed back imminently, the museum said in a statement. This Hellenistic plasma intaglio, dated between 323-31 BC, is similar to one of the stolen artefacts. "If you are concerned that you may be, or have been, in possession of items from the British Museum, or if you have any other information that may help us, please contact us," saidThe website shared images of items still in the museum's collection but are similar to those that are still missing.
The page said it was only disclosing the types of artefacts stolen and heeding expert advice not to share full details.
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