The operation is considered a major success for Italy’s Carabinieri art police. By Sadie Watkins A farmer in Umbria accidentally unearthed an ancient Etruscan tomb containing two stone ...
The excavation of the Tomb of the Golden Scarab follows its discovery earlier this year in the archaeological site of Vulci, a former Etruscan city. Anthropological research helped back the theory ...
A pair of tomb raiders, whom Italian authorities are ... Their achievements in agriculture, metalworking, architecture, and art made them one of the most sophisticated societies of the Iron ...
Italian police have recovered a trove of “exceptionally valuable” Etruscan funereal ... on the illicit online art market, circulated by amateur “tomb raiders” in their search for buyers.
Ancient artefacts worth at least €8m (£6.7m) have been recovered after being stolen by "tomb raiders" who accidentally found them on their land in Italy. The pieces included eight urns, sarcophagi and ...