artifacts from an Etruscan necropolis looted by a couple of bungling tomb raiders in Umbria who stumbled across the haul on their land.
They were found in Citta della Pieve, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) north of Rome.
The ornate artifacts were seized by Italian police after 'clumsy' tomb raiders tried to find buyers online.
They “had nothing to do with the world of (practiced) tomb raiders” and were “clumsy” and “amateurish” in the way they tried to access the black market for looted art, the prosecutor said.
Another Etruscan tomb, belonging to the same “Pulfna” family, was found in Città della Pieve in 2015.
Persons:
Remo Casilli, Raffaele Cantone, ”, Cantone, Annamaria Greco, Città, dei
Organizations:
CNN, Citta della Pieve, Police, Carabinieri, Facebook
Locations:
Umbria, Italy, Rome, Perugia, Città della Pieve