, the British Museum was allegedly first notified in 2021 by antiquities dealer Ittai Gradel that he had seen antiquities held by the Museum listed on the site. The Museum's deputy director reportedly waited five months to reply to Dr. Gradel, then told him that there was"no suggestion of any wrongdoing."New York Times
, the investigation concluded that nothing"untoward" had occurred. However, in August, an unnamed employee was allegedly fired over suspicion of looting. Upon hearing the news, many on social media were quick to call the museum hypocritical because the British museum is, arguably, famous for housing many of the world’s greatest treasures from countries who’d
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