A la recerca de l'obra perduda

The adventures of intrepid archaeologists in search of treasure are subjects that literature and film have successfully exploited as fiction. Rarely, however, do serious scholars explain their experiences around research and findings. Albert Velasco recounts the best episodes as a museum curator and researcher, a job that doesn't always take place among mountains of books, dusty artworks and warehouses. Based on different stories lived in the first person, the author presents us with an exciting world of discoveries and experiences in hidden churches, auction houses or even on Instagram, ranging from the discovery of a Persian glass vial or from a casket to keep a sandal of the Virgin Mary to the confrontation with the police in a museum and the statement in a trial, passing through the reading of the will of a king's daughter or the discovery of a amazing forgery.