The tomb raiders did not stop at stealing Etruscan funerary items: entire sarcophagi were stolen. Source: Italian Ministry of Culture.

Looted Etruscan Artwork Recovered from Amateurish Tomb Raiders

Italian Police have announced the recovery of looted artifacts stolen from a necropolis in Italy, according to a statement from the Italian Ministry of Culture. The artifacts, from Umbria in central Italy, date to the 3rd century BC and are Etruscan, a civilization which controlled central Italy before Rome was the dominant power in the