Archaeological Heritage and Spiritual Protection: Looting and the Jinn in Palestine
@article{AlHoudalieh2012ArchaeologicalHA, title={Archaeological Heritage and Spiritual Protection: Looting and the Jinn in Palestine}, author={S. Al-Houdalieh}, journal={Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology}, year={2012}, volume={25}, pages={99-120} }
Archaeological sites in the Occupied Palestinian National Territories (OPNT) are suffering from severe destruction through the activities of antiquities looters. The main reasons for this escalating phenomenon among the Palestinian population include poverty, escalated demand for hunted archaeological material in the Israeli and the worldwide antiquities market, ongoing local and regional political crises, and poor law enforcement. In recent decades the destruction of archaeological sites and… CONTINUE READING
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