Amazing stuff! Neither Google nor Bing found the "officially posted job opening"!
"... The role involves tracking down and recovering missing artifacts that have surfaced on sites like eBay or at private auctions."
"... The British Museum is stepping up the search for hundreds of lost antiquities by hiring a dedicated treasure hunter. The chosen candidate will be responsible for recovering gold jewelry and semi-precious stones that were allegedly stolen by the museum’s ex-curator for Greece and Rome. ...
Individual pieces have spread far and wide. The alleged perpetrator of the theft, ex-curator Peter Higgs, reportedly flogged some items online. One piece of Roman jewelry worth $60,000 was found listed on eBay for a mere $48. That gold objects are particularly vulnerable to being melted down remains “a depressing possibility,” said Harrison. ..."
British Museum Seeks Treasure Hunter to Recover Stolen Antiquities "The sleuth will be tasked with hunting down precious gold and stones that were stolen from the museum in 2023."
The upper part of a Roman sard gem similar to some of the missing objects (Source)
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