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Remains from Nazca tombs which were sacked by the “huaqueros”, a Spanish word for tomb raiders. The huaqueros ransacked the Huacas, or sacred places consisting of pre-Columbian cemeteries or pyramids, thus the name “huaqueros”. For archaeologists the work of the Huaqueros on a site means disaster, both because of the damage caused to the tombs and because of the loss of the contents contents. Over the decades a large part of the archaeological treasures of Peru (pottery, fabrics, jewels, mummies etc.) has been stolen and often sold to foreign buyers. In l968 a law was established to forbid ceramic export and other objects of national heritage. Although this measure has gone a long way to slow down this “haemorrhage”, in spite of everything it still persists.
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