. . . but it was funny when we thought it was.
According to a report from The New Yorker, the initial story was that the looters at the Egyptian Museum last month — “stole nothing of value—’they thought the [gift] shop was the museum, thank God!’ ”
As someone who has done my share of musuem gift shop browsing, I can totally say that the gift shop often has the best stuff.
But it seems the looters really did steal a few museum objects and not all have been recovered.
Best gift shop I’ve ever been to was at CIA headquarters. If you ever have family working there and can visit, or can arrange a visit through some lucky connection, it is well worth it to go. Seriously. The museum there is pretty cool to, but most of the stuff can be seen at the Spy Museum in downtown DC. But they have some nice stuff at the CIA.