The Only People Thriving in Post-revolution Egypt — Tomb Raiders

Aidan Hartley, 'The only people thriving in post-revolution Egypt — tomb raiders', The Spectator 9 November 2013.

this is going on all over Egypt. Under the cover of political turmoil, a new wave of tomb raiders are using high-tech equipment to detect tombs and other sites beneath the sands, which they then excavate using heavy machinery. They sell the finds to private collectors abroad, in London or Dubai.