‘They brought me nothing but aggravation,’ admits anonymous culprit in a letter he attached to the 2,000 yr-old Roman projectiles stolen 20 years earlier.
By Itay Blumental
Museum robberies are rare, but rarer still is the thief who anonymously returns his prize.
That’s exactly what happened Monday morning when two ancient projectile stones that were stolen from the Gamla Nature Reserve 20 years ago were found at the Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures in Be’er Sheva with a note from the culprit.
“These are the two Roman catapult balls from Gamla… I stole them in 1995,” wrote the thief. Continue Reading »