Looted, recovered, returned : antiquities from Afghanistan : a detailed scientific and conservation record of a group of ivory and bone furniture overlays excavated at Begram, stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan, privately acquired on behalf of Kabul, analysed and conserved at the British Museum and returned to the National Museum of Afghanistan in 2012

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Looted, recovered, returned : antiquities from Afghanistan : a detailed scientific and conservation record of a group of ivory and bone furniture overlays excavated at Begram, stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan, privately acquired on behalf of Kabul, analysed and conserved at the British Museum and returned to the National Museum of Afghanistan in 2012

J. Ambers ... [et al.] ; foreword by Dr. O. Masoudi

Archaeopress Archaeology, c2014

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Other authors: C.R. Cartwright, C. Higgitt, D. Hook, E. Passmore, St J. Simpson, G. Verri, C. Ward and B. Wills

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-330)

Contents of Works

  • Introduction : from archaeological discovery to museum display / St. J. Simpson
  • The scientific analysis : analysis of original and conservation materials, pigments and metal pins associated with a group of ivory and bone plaques from Begram, Afghanistan / Emma Passmore, Janet Ambers, Catherine Higgitt, Giovanni Verri, Caroline Cartwright and Duncan Hook
  • The conservation treatments : conservation of ivory and bone panels from Begram, Afghanistan / Clare Ward and Barbara Wills

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