More evidence,as if it were needed, that ISIL is governing the industrialized looting of archaeological sites in its territory. It's the dealers' and collectors' dream near true: a government authorizing the excavation for export of antiquiities! Is this what John Merryman had in intellect when he appealed for a licit international trade?By final summer, or various "antiquities ministries" had been established across their strongholds. They have since been drawn together to form section of a "Ministry for Precious Resources",according to Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, who has helped to gather an archive of Isil's operational documents.
The Telegraph has obtained Isil-stamped licences, and issued by the "antiquities ministries" in the Syrian cities of Aleppo and Deir Ezzor,giving permission to excavate archaeological materials, apparently in return for money.
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