relic-hunters

The hillside battlefield was discovered by relic-hunters illegally searching for souvenirs of more recent wars near the town of Kalefeld-Oldenrode.

Archive 2009-01-01 2009

The hillside battlefield was discovered by relic-hunters illegally searching for souvenirs of more recent wars near the town of Kalefeld-Oldenrode.

German battlefield yields Roman surprises 2009

Landowners collect hundreds of dollars from relic-hunters, leaving archaeologists aghast as the historical context is stripped away from artifacts.

Archive 2006-04-01 Ann Althouse 2006

Archaeologists versus landowners and relic-hunters.

Archive 2006-04-01 Ann Althouse 2006

The peasants and relic-hunters about the place were screaming round the pair, as the soldier told his story, offering for sale all sorts of mementoes of the fight, crosses, and epaulets, and shattered cuirasses, and eagles.

Vanity Fair 2006

These dead have been dug out regardless of their position relative to the walls of the building, and their remains have been scattered over the surface, to become the prey of relic-hunters.

Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I Adolphus Bandelier

The voice of "Mr. Hammerdown" was heard in the house, and the rooms were filled with a motley crowd of auction-haunters and relic-hunters, (among whom, of course, were Mr. Davids and Mr. Moses,) -- a rabble-rout of thoughtless and unfeeling men and women, eager to get an "inside view" of the home of the great satirist.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various

This doubt, however, has not prevented relic-hunters -- among whom Shelley may be included -- from carrying off in small fragments the whole of the bedstead that once stood there, as well as cutting off large pieces from the door which still survives.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

Many of them, especially that of the pious and renowned JONATHAN EDWARDS, who left his New England home only to find a grave in New Jersey, having died a month after his removal to Princeton, have been most shamefully mutilated by relic-hunters and curiosity-mongers; innumerable pieces having been chipped off the edges of the slabs, until even the inscriptions have been encroached upon.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Though visited by very few persons, yet the relic-hunters have removed all of the tombstones, and have attacked what remains of the church tower.

Colonial Records of Virginia Various