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By Drew Goins

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From a story (opens in new tab) by Ariel Sabar

Investigating a spate of tomb raids in the 1970s, the Associated Press reported that “99 percent of all lootings go undiscovered” in what country that’s filled with coveted antiquities?

And by the way, did you know that the Flemish painters Hubert and Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece has been stolen seven times over its history? Napoleon got his hands on it for a while, as did Hitler. And in 1934, thieves broke into the Ghent cathedral and stole a single panel of the polyptych; every other robbery was eventually undone, but that portion from the lower left is still missing.

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Drew Goins is a senior editor and the creator of The Atlantic’s daily trivia game, Rabbithole. Before joining The Atlantic in 2025, Drew was a newsletter writer and editor for The Washington Post’s Opinions section. He is a 12-game player on the quiz show Jeopardy.
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