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The British Museum has revealed The types of items believed to person been stolen from its collection.

The depository said The immense mostly of items were from The gems and jewellery collection, and are mostly from Greece and Rome.

They include:

• Classic Greek and Roman gems
• Gold rings
• Earrings
• Bracelets
• Necklaces

 The British Museum

Image: A Roman bracelet. Pic: The British Museum

 The British Museum

Image: A Late Bronze Age earring. Pic: The British Museum

 The British Museum

Image: Pic: British Museum

Some of The jewellery is believed to day backmost to The Late Bronze Age (about 15th to 11th period BC) and The Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Images provided by The depository are only akin to those that are missing, and are still in The collection.

 The British Museum

Image: Pic: British Museum

Greek golden concatenation necklace pinch horned lions' heads terminals. Pic: The British Museum

Image: A Greek golden concatenation necklace. Pic: The British Museum

Back in August, The depository said items from its postulation were "missing, stolen aliases damaged" and a unit personnel had been sacked.

An estimated 2,000 artefacts had been taken, according to depository president and erstwhile chancellor George Osborne.

 The British Museum

Image: Pic: British Museum

 The British Museum

Image: Pic: British Museum

On 16 August, The depository said "60 items person now been returned, pinch a further 300 identified and owed to beryllium returned imminently".

Editor: Naga



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