The British Museum will place 10 items which were stolen from its collection back on show after they were recovered.
The Roman gems will return to the British Museum as part of an exhibition, ‘Rediscovering Gems’, later this month.
In August last year, the museum announced that 2,000 of its objects were either stolen, missing or damaged from its storerooms.
It has so far recovered 350 items.
The new exhibition will detail the importance of classical gems throughout history.
The Roman gems on display include a glass cameo with bust of Cupid or Eros, dated from the 1st or 2nd Century AD.
The gems were returned by dealer and collector, Dr Ittai Gradel who was originally brushed off by the museum after alerting them to the sale.
After items had been discovered missing, senior curator Peter Higgs in the Greece and Rome department, was dismissed.
Mr Higgs has denied any wrongdoing.
The police investigation into the thefts is still ongoing.
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The British Museum will place 10 items which were stolen from its collection back on show after they were recovered.
The Roman gems will return to the British Museum as part of an exhibition, ‘Rediscovering Gems’, later this month.
In August last year, the museum announced that 2,000 of its objects were either stolen, missing or damaged from its storerooms.
It has so far recovered 350 items.
The new exhibition will detail the importance of classical gems throughout history.
The Roman gems on display include a glass cameo with bust of Cupid or Eros, dated from the 1st or 2nd Century AD.
The gems were returned by dealer and collector, Dr Ittai Gradel who was originally brushed off by the museum after alerting them to the sale.
After items had been discovered missing, senior curator Peter Higgs in the Greece and Rome department, was dismissed.
Mr Higgs has denied any wrongdoing.
The police investigation into the thefts is still ongoing.
