Roger Atwood - Stealing History

Roger Atwood is an American journalist who specializes in culture and archaeology. Or, in the case of this book, looting and reselling stolen archaeological treasures. The book opens with a chapter where ordinary Iraqis begin to loot the graves only the Saddam's men have been able to loot so far.

( Well, this is what the yell of Indiana Jones about museums is all about )

David Grann - The Lost City of Z
( Walking the well-beaten path of a missing explorer )

Christopher McGovern - the Dragon SeekersChristopher McGovern has written a book about the British fossil collectors before the Darwin's work with the Origin of the Species (which appeared around 150 years ago). They collected the fossil because of curiosity, because of scientific interest but also for profit. Scholars tried to use them as a proof ( Read more... )