Dealer in antiquities who discovered large-scale thefts from the collections of the British Museum Dealer in antiquities who discovered large-scale thefts from the collections of the British Museum With a doctorate in Roman religion and a university chair, Ittai Gradel, who has died of cancer aged 61, might have confined his achievements to a successful scholarly career. However, in 2008, bored with routine bureaucracy, he left his post at Reading University, and returned to his native Denmark