All over the classical world, sites like Caere (Modern day Cerveteri) are looted repeatedly to supply dealers with portable antiquities to profit from by selling them to collectors. In the no-questions-asked trade in artefacts there is no distinction between dodgy dealers and the others. They are all mixed up in the 'dirty art' trade. Those that oppose heritage protection measures should be ashamed of themselves. (photo Redazione, 'Tombaroli ancora in azione a Cerveteri' OrticaWeb, 6 April 2017).
Hat tip Lynda Albertson
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