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British Museum curator, 56, sacked after gold jewellery and gems worth tens of millions disappeared was world authority and one of institution's 'Monuments Men' who helped fight international looting

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨merridew@feddit.uk⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12416899/British-Museum-thief-selling-stolen-artefacts-eBay-three-years-ago-bosses-did-expert-told-spotted-Roman-jewellery-sale-online.html

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  • AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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    • merridew@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I mean I’m not really a fan myself, but it can’t all be alternating BBC and Guardian stories.

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      • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        BBC, AP, Reuters or gtfo

        Daily mail smh

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      • Mane25@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Balance doesn’t mean giving equal platform to every racist bigot though, there has to be a line drawn somewhere. Wikipedia doesn’t accept the Mail as a source, personally I don’t think it should be accepted here.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Well we could start including lad bible posts

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    • starlinguk@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Guardian has a similar misleading article.

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  • snacks@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    that headline is authentic frontier gibberish

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Helped fight international looting.

    Worked at the British Museum.

    🤔

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