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