Oxford professor accused of selling ancient Bible fragments to museum
An Oxford professor has been accused of selling ancient fragments of papyrus without permission to the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC.
The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) said that 13 texts from its collection, 12 on papyrus and one on parchment, had found their way into the Museum of the Bible without authorisation.
These fragments, from the EES' Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection stored at Oxford University, were "all with biblical or related content", the charity said.