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Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts
by Roberta Mazza
In this book, papyrologist Roberta Mazza rigorous investigative reporting, and sharp cultural critique into a compelling narrative. As James G. Keenan observes in The Times Literary Supplement, the book operates as “part memoir, part exposé, part indictment, and an intricate piece of old‑fashioned gumshoe detective work”. Across its pages, Mazza unravels the shadowy networks that makes big business of ancient manuscripts. Her investigation forces us to ask what happens when the supposed custodians of our ancient heritage act in ways that threaten to destroy it and her authoritative insider voice places these modern scandals in the broader, academic continuum, demanding that contemporary scholarship confront its own complicity in the illicit antiquities trade.
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