Editorial: How to Stop Illegal Excavations

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Site looting is rampant in parts of the Near East. The looters are of two kinds. One is very difficult to control. The other can be stopped relatively easily.

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Footnotes

See “Archaeology’s Dirty Secret,” BAR 20:05, and “Jerusalem 3,000—A Yearlong Celebration,” BAR 21:06.

See “Was BAR an Accessory to Highway Robbery?” BAR 14:06.

See “Who Feeds the Antiquities Market?” BAR 22:03.