Publisher's Synopsis
A fascinating outline advises us that the robbery or exploitative securing of social property works out in a good way past the scandalous Elgin marbles, the Berlin bust of Nefertiti, or the loot of war that empowered Napoleon to fill the Louver with treasures.
The writer's intriguing book investigates how verifiable destinations across the globe have been ravaged by vacationers, archeologists, and notorious heroes like Napoleon and Hitler, the thieves second to none. He inspects how antiquities have become images of nationhood and how perspectives towards responsibility for these items have changed over the most recent couple of a very long time as non-industrial countries endeavor to recapture control of their personalities.
