How WW1 Diggers 'stole' the Shellal Mosaic... and now the 'real' owners want it back

The Shellal Mosaic once formed the floor of an ancient Christian church, centuries before it was dug up from the Palestinian desert, packed in crates and shipped to Australia as a war trophy.

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