A Find Announced...and the Site is Then Looted

This is disgusting. You see why archaeologists keep finds and digs secret (or try to) from the general public - it is because of filthy scumbag looters and their facilitators, who would kill, stuff and sell their own grandmothers to make a buck, and laugh about it on the way to the bank. The find announced: Local Archaeologists Found Statuette of Venus Near Ruse Town Updated on: 11.06.2008, 11:51 Published on: 11.06.2008, 11:39 Author: Blaga Bangieva An extremely precious statuette of Venus - 15 cm high was found in archaeological excavations in Rome's Trimamium. This was announced by Nikolay Nenov, director of Regional History Museum in Ruse. The bronze figure was found in a pit from Roma's period, where before that were discovered 36 coins that dates from I-III century. According to archaeologist Vurbin Vurbanov the statuette has been made in local workshop. The find will be conservative and restored because is covered with coating. Then the looting occurred: Treasure Hunters Destroy Roman Fortress Site in Bulgaria's Ruse 12 June 2008, Thursday Treasure hunters destroyed the work of an archeological team at the exploration of the Roman fortress Trimamium close to Bulgaria's northeast city of Ruse, the Bulgarian National Television reported. The treasure hunters searched the site after it was announced that a unique 15-cm tall statute of the goddess Venus had been discovered there by the archeologists on Wednesday. The treasure hunters destroyed everything the researchers had accomplished including all preparations for taking pictures of the archeological site. They also destroyed layers, which had no been studied so it is unclear whether they found anything valuable during their raid. The artifacts found at Trimanium were not at the site so none of them got stolen. The Venus statue that was discovered there is made of bronze and is dated back to the second half of the third century A.D.