Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. artifacts from an Etruscan necropolis looted by a couple of bungling tomb raiders in Umbria who stumbled across the haul on their land.
The illegal dig was adjacent to another Etruscan burial site discovered by a farmer tilling his land in 2015, authorities said. They were tipped off by photographs of artifacts and the site that ...
Italy Recovers Etruscan Artifacts Worth $8.5 Million Bound for Black Market ROME (AP) — Italian authorities announced Tuesday the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in ...