History - Antique hunting with... Roo Irvine
Antique hunting with... Roo Irvine
Photo by Jebulon CC0 1.0 Mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite in Herculaneum, Italy
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Lost Treasures
t’s the stuff of novels, Hollywood movies and daydreams. Who hasn’t fantasised about discovering a lost treasure hidden in a cave, buried on a desert island or lying forgotten in a suburban attic?
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The world is full of undiscovered artefacts and valuable antiques. How these treasures became ‘lost’ in the first place is often due to misfortune, conflict or catastrophe. Ever since mankind learned
to make objects that were practical, valuable or desirable there has been a market for both legitimately traded and stolen items. Looting is almost as old as civilisation itself. By the time
