Jacques Schuhmacher is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Provenance and Spoliation Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
An exhibition about cultural destruction in modern conflicts can’t help but remind us of earlier wars
‘The elephant in this gallery is the cultural property seized by British troops in the 19th century’
Molly Pepper Steemson
Hettie Judah
Isabella Smith
Catherine Bennett
Seral Emirali
Christina Makris
Michael Prodger
Tom Walker
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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‘The elephant in this gallery is the cultural property seized by British troops in the 19th century’
An exhibition about cultural destruction in modern conflicts can’t help but remind us of earlier wars