You’d think that the place where ancient artifacts and the most important pieces of history are stored is protected with high-level security. However, stealing from museums might be easier than we think. From today’s story, it’s apparent that all it takes is putting an artifact in your pocket without anyone noticing.
This woman recently confessed that during a school trip more than 20 years ago, she pocketed an original Egyptian relic and hasn’t told a soul about it ever since. Once she shared this online, netizens urged her to return it, providing suggestions on how to do it without getting in trouble.
Scroll down to find the full story and a conversation with its author, as well as Michael A. Di Giovine, director of West Chester University’s Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, and author of The Heritage-Scape: UNESCO, World Heritage and Tourism, who kindly agreed to tell us more about museum thefts.
