The museum says it's taking legal action and the Metropolitan Police's economic and crime command is investigating.
They were mainly used for academic and research work and none had recently been on public display.The museum said it will be taking legal action and the Metropolitan Police's economic and crime command is investigating.
The book accompanied a major exhibition about the famous ruler at the British Museum in 2001, which explored how she was depicted during her own era, in works ranging from coins to life-size sculptures.Another book published last year focused on the fragments of decorative architecture - known as Metopes - recovered from the Temple of Apollo at Bassai.
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