Last three paragraphs of news item;
The bone remains were turned over to the Ministry of Religious Affairs for proper burial.
Antiquities robbery holds a five year jail sentence, while trafficking in antiquities holds a three year sentence. There have been numerous cases of Arab looters robbing antiquities from ancient graves in recent years.
The destruction of Jewish antiquities on the Temple Mount by the Jordanian Waqf (Muslim Trust) has also been an ongoing problem plaguing the archaeological world in Israel.
To: BlueDragon
Oh, those fun-loving moozlums!
2 posted on
03/31/2014 1:10:28 PM PDT by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: BlueDragon; SunkenCiv; Gamecock
They're digging it up again, Civ...and trying to sell it.
Gamecock -- this is an "ossuary" ping.
3 posted on
03/31/2014 1:19:42 PM PDT by
BlueDragon
(You can observe a lot just by watching. Yogi Berra)
To: BlueDragon
To: BlueDragon
There have been numerous cases of Arab looters robbing antiquities from ancient graves in recent years.They've been doing that for centuries.
10 posted on
04/01/2014 6:32:34 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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