Stealing History : Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World by Roger Atwood
As an art-lover, history-lover, and art-history major, I find books like this heartbreaking. Stories of looters who dig through tombs, destroying all historical evidence & discarding the less "valuable" artifacts in favor of gold are just as sad as the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan. Though the scale (physically) is much smaller in tomb robbing, the historical losses are probably much greater, due to the sheer numerical volume of objects stolen and destroyed. Sigh.
Posted by rachel at October 28, 2005 10:12 AM