IAA catches gold hunters in a pit

APPREHENDED: Eight antiquity robbers in Israel search for gold, get caught in pit. According to a legend, some Ottoman treasures were buried in some sites in Southern Israel (Rossella Tercatin, Jerusalem Post).

The search for treasures in the Holy Land has wreaked a remarkable amount of archaeological ruin. For an example that outdoes this one by miles, see the next post.

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