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$US Marine looks for looters in Girsu, Iraq, 2003<br /> <br /> Weapons drawn, U.S. marines probe the Sumerian city of Gisru for thieves. Crude new holes, fresh footprints, and tire tracks were evidence that the marines and our expedition had interrupted recent looting. Some antiquities dealers and collectors will pay $10,000 or more for a carved cylinder seal or cuneiform tablet stolen from sites like this one. But the typical villager who finds such an item receives only a tiny fraction of that amount.<br /> <br /> Beyond the Looting: Iraq's Treasures<br /> National Geographic, October 2003$

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