{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"American Journal of Archaeology","provider_url":"https:\/\/ajaonline.org","author_name":"website","author_url":"https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/author\/website\/","title":"From the Harpy Tomb to the Wonders of Ephesus: British Archaeologists in the Ottoman Empire 1840\u20131880 [and] The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum | January 2010 (114.1) | American Journal of Archaeology","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gQGIySeaW5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/book-review\/645\/\">From the Harpy Tomb to the Wonders of Ephesus: British Archaeologists in the Ottoman Empire 1840\u20131880 [and] The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/book-review\/645\/embed\/#?secret=gQGIySeaW5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;From the Harpy Tomb to the Wonders of Ephesus: British Archaeologists in the Ottoman Empire 1840\u20131880 [and] The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum&#8221; &#8212; American Journal of Archaeology\" data-secret=\"gQGIySeaW5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/ajaonline.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"The formation of national collections of antiquities is a topic of considerable interest to those working on the history of (classical) archaeology. Both books reviewed here chart the mechanisms by which the British Museum acquired Greek antiquities for its national collection in the 19th century. In From the Harpy Tomb to the Wonders of Ephesus, [&hellip;]"}