The new BBC Radio 4 PodCast explores a method that has been designed to convey the story of the Bible with one of the largest ancient scandals in the 21st century.
In the six episodes, the podcast of Radio 4's conspiracy, Podcast of Radio 4 announced by the art -through and research journalist Benluis, releases the road from the Hall of the Washington DC Bible Museum to Turkey, Jerusalem, and Bagdadado. A historic building of Oxford University.
The Bible Museum was established by a millionaire Green family and opened in November 2017.
In the words of God, Lewis, the mission of the American family, which establishes the historical authority and influence of the Bible, was involved in the crafts, counterfeit, and fraudulent nets they looted. We clarify whether we guided it like.
The story begins in Oklahoma. It starts in Oklahoma. There, the Green Family, the owner of the hobby lobby craft store ensemble, has begun to create a museum that gathers the Bible artifacts and shows the historical effects and central of the Bible life in the United States through ancient objects.
In just three years, the treasures were treasure at a pace of 40,000 items, and the red flags between scholars grew up, and eventually attracted the federal investigators' attention.
Some artifacts were found to have been looted, and others were identified as fake. Thousands of pieces had to be returned to Iraq and Egypt, but the famous Professor Oxford in the acquisition has caused catastrophic results.
Lewis summarizes how it happened through an exclusive interview with an important person, including the gospel scholar who advised the green. A federal prosecutor who revealed an illegal import scheme. Roberta Massa turned into a papiro logist who helped the scandal exposure. And the current and former museums of the Bible staff who handle radioactive drops.
This series reveals that thousands of looted artifacts were shipped to a hobby lobby store labeled as “Ceramic Tile”, while ancient Babylonian tablets and initial Christian textures. Valuable items were acquired through suspicious means.
Commissioning editor Daniel Clark said: “This attractive series is important for religion, power, and cultural heritage through a twisted attractive story that will take you to the wealthy collector world that will take all sacrifice to acquire the ancient Bible artifacts. Explore the questions.
“God's words provide unprecedented access to investigators, scholars, and officials who revealed this scandal, and religious beliefs led them to a moral and legal network. Today's religion, academic world, and international law enforcement.
Ben Lewis says: However, this story is beyond looted treasures and fraudulent artifacts. It shows how the mission to celebrate the Bible's role in the United States has led to one of the most wealthy families in the country involved in an international crime network.
“From Federal Investigators to Slus, who have turned to scholars, this is one of the largest ancient scandals in modern history, desperately rushing to accumulate the Bible artifacts through unprecedented access to major players. I will reveal that.
Episode 1 will be released on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4 on February 12.
