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Preserving the past from the vandals of history.

Publication: National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 20-MAY-05 		Format: Online - approximately 937 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Preserving the past from the vandals of history.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
STEALING HISTORY: TOMB RAIDERS, SMUGGLERS, AND THE LOOTING OF THE ANCIENT WORLD By Roger Atwood St. Martin's Press, 337 pages, $25.95

In Stealing History, veteran journalist Roger Atwood shines a spotlight on the shady world of looting, smuggling and trading in archaeological artifacts around the globe. The wholesale and ruthless exploitation of the archaeological heritage of Peru serves as the sadly illuminating example of why antiquities should not be treated as just another commodity to be mined, exported and traded freely without restrictions of any kind.

Atwood focuses especially on the northern Peruvian coastal archaeological site of Sipan. As is the case with almost all huacas, or burial mounds, in the Andean nation, it was first "discovered" by huaqueros (tomb robbers), in this case the local Bernal family. In 1987, after many attempts, the family literally struck gold: They...

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