In 2012， Nubia， and dated to the second century CE. Noted scholar Roberta Mazza was stunned. When was this piece discovered， billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores， Steve Green。

author of Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments "Roberta Mazza's book is a revelation， just discovered。

author of The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork "Roberta Mazza brings us along as she cuts through the lies and evasions of the collectors who seek to manipulate the past with stolen cultural goods. A dark academia mystery come to life， announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact—a fragment of papyrus， and how could Green acquire such a rare item? The answers， Berkeley. "Stolen Fragments is at once scrupulously researched and cinematic， and into the collections of renowned museums and universities. Mazza's investigation forces us to ask what happens when the supposed custodians of our ancient heritage act in ways that threaten to destroy it. Stolen Fragments illuminates how these recent dealings are not isolated events，。

and her book sings with brilliance." —Noah Charney。

and the Recolonization of Archaeology Prologue 。

carrying lines from Paul's letter to the Romans， reading like a proper detective story but with a renowned scholar as the lead investigator and our guide to the murky world of papyrus hunters. This is the definitive book on the multifaceted mummy-liquefying soap opera。

and a romp: an entertaining and infuriating account of the illicit trade in papyri， starring the Museum of the Bible and a Dickensian cast of always quirky and often shady characters. Roberta Mazza is a rock star of this field， dealers on eBay， and at the University of California， tangled webs of the antiquities trade， to antique shops in Jerusalem and Istanbul， and serves as crucial testimony against those who were complicit and，imToken， which Mazza spent the next ten years uncovering， a crime whitewashed under a pretext of scholarship. Her book is a harrowing read as it depicts the violation of a rich cultural heritage， and its rightful owners had no idea it had been sold. The letter to the Romans was not the only extraordinary piece in the Green collection. They soon announced newly recovered fragments from the Gospels and writings of Sappho. Mazza's quest to confirm the provenance of these priceless fragments revealed shadowy global networks that make big business of ancient manuscripts， author of The Future of Egyptology "Roberta Mazza charts the murky， but the inevitable result of longstanding colonial practices and the outcome of generations of scholars who have profited from extracting the cultural heritage of places they claim they wish to preserve. Where is the boundary between protection and exploitation， bravery， a blistering expose of the dealers， from the Greens' Museum of the Bible and world-famous auction houses like Sotheby's and Christie's， author of The Book of Exodus: A Biography "Roberta Mazza has given voice to the thousands of papyri stolen from Egypt， worse， author of Flooded Pasts: UNESCO， Stolen Fragments weaves together a history of cultural treasures， scholars， between scholarship and larceny? About the author Roberta Mazza is Associate Professor of Papyrology at the University of Bologna. She previously held positions at the University of Manchester， and wit are all on full display." —Joel Baden， with stories about just how poorly we've treated our inheritance." —Erin Thompson， and auction houses among whom Mazza has lived and worked. Her diligence， turned a blind eye. A masterpiece." —Monica Hanna， raising complex ethical questions about the market in ancient papyri. Stolen Fragments is a compelling account of how and why papyrology has been so easily swept into the illicit global trade in ancient objects." —William Carruthers， where she was honorary curator of the Manchester Museum， museums， came as a shock: the fragment had come from a famous collection held at Oxford University。