BIBLE HISTORY DAILY:
First Person: Should These Looters Go to Jail? As published in the July/August 2017 Biblical Archaeology Review (Hershel Shanks). Much of this essay is about an imaginary looter and a (regrettably) imaginary inscription. But the question in the headline is about some real looters. More on their story is
here. And more on Operation Scroll is
here and links.
I leave it to you readers to decide on your own answer to the question.
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