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Looting of ancient artifacts

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

Reporting progress in stopping the looting of ancient artifacts from Cambodia.

In the case of the statue that was stolen from Koh Kher, it sounds like people know exactly where it came from. Therefore scholars can learn from the fact of its prese at that spot. That is unusual — looters do not normally record where exactly they found each object, nor the non-valuable things that they disturbed. and the result is the loss of precious information about the past, information that could eventually help us understand ancient peoples' way of life.