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High-altitude mummy looting: the Cerro El Plomo child

Posted on 7 May 2014

The first high-altitude frozen mummy found in Chile was located and then hidden by looters

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Screaming mummies and stolen paintings

Posted on 15 February 2012

Is this why people collect human remains?

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Returns from a Swiss Collector: Anonymity Amnesty?

Posted on 11 December 2011

Continuing with the idea of the anonymous Swiss collector as an auction catalogue trope, I want to raise the question of returns.

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