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Archaeological looting is the illicit removal of artifacts from an archaeological site. Such looting is the major source of artifacts for the antiquities market . [ 1 ] Looting typically involves either the illegal exportation of artifacts from their country of origin or the domestic distribution of looted goods. [ 2 ]
By 2000 looting had become so rampant that the workers of the sites were even looting their own workplaces. [8] With the fall of Saddam's government in 2003, archaeological sites were left completely open and looting became an even greater problem. Some sites, such as Ur and Nippur, were officially protected by US and Coalition forces.
Archaeological looting in Iraq; Buddhas of Bamiyan – Buddhist sculptures demolished by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001; Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia; Islamist destruction of Timbuktu heritage sites in Mali in 2012; List of heritage sites damaged during the Syrian Civil War (since 2011)
During the Soviet invasion, large-scale looting occurred in various archaeological sites including, Hadda, the ancient site of Ai-Khanoum, the Buddhist monastery complex in Tepe Shortor which dates back to the 2nd century AD, and the National Kabul Museum. These sites were ransacked by various pillagers, including the pro-Russian government ...
Looting is the theft of artifacts from archaeological sites. Looting is often the main source of artifacts that enter into the antiquities market, in which objects are sold domestically or exported internationally.
The looting of archaeological sites and the illicit trafficking of cultural property is, and has been, a common practice for terrorist groups in war zones. The pieces mostly end up on the black market , art galleries and antique shops in Europe and North America, [ 2 ] or in millionaire private collections .
The 2003 looting of the National Museum of Iraq showed the cultural heritage community the extreme importance of documentation within a museum or archaeological setting. The National Museum of Iraq lacked a complete inventory, which includes photographs of all objects.
Archaeological sites, museums, churches, monasteries, castles, libraries, and private art collections have all been affected by the looting of the northern area of Cyprus; icons, frescoes, archaeological artifacts, and cultural heritage have been stripped from areas around the island and have been taken to places all over the world or simply ...