The Thieves of Time and Their Accomplices On 12 April 1990 a gang of thieves entered the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth and plundered its exhibition hall. A nighttime break-in, the robbery is believed to be the single largest theft of antiquities ever to be carried out in Greece (Pardalis 1990; Lowenthal 1990). As reported in newspapers and IFARreports, the 3:00 A.M. robbery began with an attack on the museum's solitary night watchman, a 62-year-old man who was left beaten, bound, and gagged. Speaking Greek over their walkie-talkies to hidden accomplices, the robbers scaled the museum's roof, climbed down into the courtyard, and entered the exhibition area. There they proceeded to remove 271 objects and 1,000,000 drachmas ($6,100) in cash. Most of the stolen objects were ceramics, including Geometric, Archaic, and Attic Black-Figure and Red-Figure pottery. In addition, reliefs, sculptures, glass vases, and small finds ranging from Corinth's Archaic to Roman periods were taken. The oldest marble sculpture stolen was an Early Severe Style Archaic head of a Kouros (ca. 470 B.C.). The Corinth theft is a damaging blow to archaeology. The museum was built by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens to house finds from its excavations