If Truth be Told....

Oscar Muscarella, "An Unholy Quartet: Museum Trustees, Antiquity Dealers, Scientific Experts, and Government Agents"

The moral of this essay is that archaeologists are on the losing side, because archaeology’s enemies are powerful, and, if truth be told, because few archaeologists are interested in stopping plunder. There is, however, some irony here, and forgeries sold on the antiquities market can make us smile, albeit bitterly: they were not plundered from ancient sites