Grave robbery
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grave-robbery-205-9982291
title:
Grave robbery
text:
Grave robbery, tomb robbing, or tomb raiding is the act of uncovering a grave, tomb or crypt to steal commodities. It is usually perpetrated to take and profit from valuable artefacts or personal property. A related act is body snatching, a term denoting the contested or unlawful taking of a body, which can be extended to the unlawful taking of organs alone. Grave robbing has caused great difficulty to the studies of archaeology, art history, and history. Countless precious grave sites and tombs
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Act of uncovering a tomb or crypt to steal artifacts or personal effects
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_robbery
date created:
2004-11-16T22:26:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T12:21:45Z
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