Looting History (2023)
Season 1
Docuseries lifting the veil on the global crime wave that is destroying the world's cultural heritage and lining the bank vaults of some of the worst criminals on the planet.
Released April 4, 2023
Episode 43 min
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Genres: Crime, Documentary
Watch Providers: The Roku Channel
Network: Sky History
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Robbing the Cradle: The Looting Of The Iraq Museum
The Looting of the Iraq Museum: As Baghdad fell to US forces in 2003,15,000 priceless antiquities were stolen. Learn about the efforts to catch the culprits.
April 4, 2023, midnight
S1E2 - Blood Antiquities: Islamic State And The Theft Of Syria's Past
Rewind and learn about how Western collectors turned a blind eye to ISIS selling Syria's precious ancient past to the highest bidders.
April 11, 2023, midnight
S1E3 - Behind The Mask: Robbing The Land Of The Pharaohs
A fragment of papyrus worth more than its weight in gold appears at auction, spelling the end for a superstar Oxford don.
April 18, 2023, midnight
S1E4 - Thou Shalt Not Steal: Hobby Lobby and the Museum of the Bible
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April 25, 2023, midnight
S1E5 - Stealing Beauty: The Morgantina Goddess and the Getty Museum
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May 2, 2023, midnight
S1E6 - Michael Steinhardt and the Greek Pot of Gold
The case of hedge-fund billionaire and collector Michael Steinhardt, who in December 2021 surrendered 180 stolen relics worth an estimated $70million and agreed to an `unprecedented” lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities.
May 9, 2023, midnight
S1E7 - Making a Killing: Douglas Latchford and the Cambodian Killing Fields
Dealer Douglas Latchford was the go-to expert in Khmer antiquities with connections at the world's biggest museums. But when authorities began to look closer at his collection, his world - and reputation - began to crumble
June 19, 2023, midnight
S1E8 - A Deal with the Devil: Hitler's Museum of Stolen Art
In 2012, the search of a Munich flat owned by elderly recluse, Cornelius Gurlitt, uncovers a stash of lost art linked to his father, the man known as Hitler's Art Dealer.
June 19, 2023, midnight
Network: Sky History
Episode Runtime: 43 min.
Season Runtime: 344 min.
Released: April 4, 2023
Last Air Date: June 19, 2023, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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