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Greek archaeologist spots looted antiquities on sale

Christos Tsirogiannis a forensic archaeologist in Cambridge, specialises in the location & identification of stolen ancient artefacts

A stolen marble piece from Ancient Olympia was returned from Germany

It was illegally taken to Germany in the 1930s

Manhattan DA returns ancient sarcophagus fragment to Greece nearly 30 years after smuggling

The fragment dates back to 200 A.D. and it was stolen from Thessaloniki in 1988