Stealing history : tomb raiders, smugglers, and the looting of the ancient world

Summary: "Tomb raiding is nothing new - it has a long history - but Stealing History shows how it has grown into a huge, global industry. These are no graveyard scanvengers, but professionals in an illicit antiquities trade that works with devastating efficiency to strip whole countries of their heritage. Atwood reveals the strange, sad world of well-organized looters and the undercover FBI operations that are putting corrupt dealers out of business."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0312324065
ISBN: 9780312324063
ISBN: 0312324073 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780312324070 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
337 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-322) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : looters in the temple -- pt. 1 -- 1. Looking for a tomb -- 2. Twenty-three feet down -- 3. The excavators -- 4. Backflap -- 5. Gold man -- 6. Lord of Sipán -- 7. The dealer -- pt. 2 -- 8. The actual object -- 9. The smugglers -- 10. The Consul -- 11. The golden rattle -- 12. The jaguar's head -- pt. 3 -- 13. The brigades -- 14. Recovering the past -- 14. Coming home -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Glossary -- Select bibliography -- Index.