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PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-100312324065

ISBN-139780312324063

eBay Product ID (ePID)30775434

Product Key Features

Book TitleStealing History : Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicArchaeology, Public Policy / Cultural Policy

Publication Year2004

FeaturesRevised

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science

AuthorRoger Atwood

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight22.9 Oz

Item Length10.1 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-050862

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal364.16/2

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisRoger Atwood knows more about the market for ancient objects than almost anyone. He knows where priceless antiquities are buried, who is digging them up, and who is fencing and buying them. In this fascinating book, Atwood takes readers on a journey through Iraq, Peru, Hong Kong, and across America, showing how the worldwide antiquities trade is destroying what's left of the ancient sites before archaeologists can reach them, and thus erasing their historical significance. And it is getting worse. The discovery of the legendary Royal Tombs of Sipan in Peru started an epidemic. Grave robbers scouring the courntryside for tombs--and finding them. Atwood recounts the incredible story of the biggest piece of gold ever found in the Americas, a 2,000-year-old, three-pound masterpiece that cost one looter his life, sent two smugglers to jail, and wrecked lives from Panama to Pennsylvainia. Packed with true stories, this book not only reveals what has been found, but at what cost to both human life and history., Roger Atwood knows more about the market for ancient objects than almost anyone. He knows where priceless antiquities are buried, who is digging them up, and who is fencing and buying them. In this fascinating book, Atwood takes readers on a journey through Iraq, Peru, Hong Kong, and across America, showing how the worldwide antiquities trade is destroying what's left of the ancient sites before archaeologists can reach them, and thus erasing their historical significance. And it is gettingworse. The discovery of the legendary Royal Tombs of Sipan in Peru started an epidemic. Grave robbers scouring the courntryside for tombs - and finding them. Atwood recounts the incredible story of the biggest piece of gold ever found in the Americas, a 2,000-year-old, three-pound masterpiece that cost one looter his life, sent two smugglers to jail, and wrecked lives from Panama to Pennsylvainia. Packed with true stories, this book not only reveals what has been found, but at what cost to bothhuman life and history.

LC Classification NumberCC135.A85 2004