← Looting History

Season 1

8 episodes · 2023

  1. 1Robbing the Cradle: The Looting Of The Iraq Museum

    04 Apr 2023 · 44 min

    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.

  2. 2Blood Antiquities: Islamic State And The Theft Of Syria's Past

    11 Apr 2023 · 44 min

    Rewind and learn about how Western collectors turned a blind eye to ISIS selling Syria's precious ancient past to the highest bidders.

  3. 3Behind The Mask: Robbing The Land Of The Pharaohs

    18 Apr 2023 · 44 min

    A fragment of papyrus worth more than its weight in gold appears at auction, spelling the end for a superstar Oxford don.

  4. 6Michael Steinhardt and the Greek Pot of Gold

    09 May 2023

    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.

  5. 7Making a Killing: Douglas Latchford and the Cambodian Killing Fields

    19 Jun 2023

    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

  6. 8A Deal with the Devil: Hitler's Museum of Stolen Artfinale

    19 Jun 2023

    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.