China’s tomb raiders laying waste to thousands of years of history
Tomb theft is a global problem that has gone on for centuries. But the sheer scope of China’s heritage – with thousands of sites, many of them in remote locations – poses a particular challenge.
“Before, China had a large number of valuable ancient tombs and although it was really depressing to see a tomb raided, it was still possible to run into a similar one in the future,” said Professor Wei Zheng, an archaeologist at Peking University. “Nowadays too many have been destroyed. Once one is raided, it is really difficult to find a similar one.”
One would guess a lot of the provincial authorities are already in the pay of the looters. Long article, lots of stuff there. Neat tomb photo as well.
