All of These Famous Artifacts Were Stolen

As young children most of us are taught two vital lessons. The first is don’t take what doesn’t belong to you. The second is the importance of sharing.
Unfortunately, not everyone is taught such lessons or just chooses to ignore them. Throughout history, countless priceless artifacts have been stolen. Some of them have never been recovered while others have ended up in the hands of foreign museums who stubbornly refuse to return them.
Here we have seven of the most tragic artifact thefts in history and reveal, where we can, who stole them.
1. The Rosetta Stone: Stolen by the French, Then the British
For anyone interested in Ancient Egyptian history, the Rosetta Stone is one of the most important artifacts ever discovered. It played a key role in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics from pretty pictures to a written language we can actually understand.
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