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Credit: Douane Française - www.douane.gouv.fr Thanks to the French authorities, twenty-seven thousand and four hundred illegally obtained artifacts have been discovered at the home of a Frenchman living in Belgium. Much of the haul was from Roman times but some were from the Iron Age, the Renaissance and the Middle Ages. According to news.artnet.com, it all started in October of 2019. A man called Patrice T. notified the Flemish Organization for Immovable Heritage that he had recently found over fourteen thousand coins on his newly purchased property in Gingelom, Belgium. Archaeologists went...

French Authorities Seized More Than 27,000 Potentially Looted Archaeological Artifacts Hoarded by a Single Collector in Belgium The suspect said he found ancient Roman coins in his apple orchard in Belgium, but experts say that is impossible. December 17, 2020 Roman coins supposedly discovered in Belgium are believed to have been illegally excavated in France. Photo courtesy of the Onroerend Erfgoed, the Flemish Organization for Immovable Heritage. French authorities in Belgium have seized a massive haul of 27,400 Roman coins and artifacts believed to have been illegally excavated throughout...