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British Museum Takes Former Curator to Court Over 18,000 Missing Artifacts

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Lawyers alleged that Higgs “abused his position of trust” by manipulating records to lift hundreds of ancient antiquities.

Edith Olmsted
Edith Olmsted 

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An aerial view of the British Museum on September 21 2008 in London, England.
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Edith Olmsted

Edith Olmsted

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