Stealing history: tomb raiders, smugglers, and the looting of the ancient world/

Atwood, Roger

Stealing history: tomb raiders, smugglers, and the looting of the ancient world/ Roger Atwood - New York: St. Martine Press, 2004. - 337 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Introduction : looters in the temple --
pt. 1 --
1. Looking for a tomb --
2. Twenty-three feet down --
3. The excavators --
4. Backflap --
5. Gold man --
6. Lord of Sipán --
7. The dealer --
pt. 2 --
8. The actual object --
9. The smugglers --
10. The Consul --
11. The golden rattle --
12. The jaguar's head --
pt. 3 --
13. The brigades --
14. Recovering the past --
14. Coming home --
Epilogue --
Acknowledgments --
Notes --
Glossary --
Select bibliography --
Index.

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Archaeological thefts
Art thefts
Cultural property--Protection

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