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  • Man Filmed Himself Destroying Stone Age Relic: ‘Archaeological Information Has Been Lost Forever’

    09/02/2023 11:16:04 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 21 replies
    ARTnews ^ | August 31, 2023
    A spate of cultural vandalism continued earlier this year when part of a buried Stone Age monument in Wales was crudely excavated and left to the elements. Julian Baker, a 52-year-old man from Abertridwr, Caerphilly, filmed himself unearthing the 4,500-year-old relic on Eglwysilan mountain and posted the video to Facebook, according to local heritage officials. In a first prosecution of its sort in Wales, Baker has been ordered to pay £4,400 (roughly $5,600) for its restoration. Additionally, he was given a four-month custodial sentence, suspended for two years, at the Magistrates Court in Wales, according to the BBC. Ancient Roman...