Looters exploit the political chaos in Libya

Illicit antiquities are gushing out of Libya as political chaos engulfs the country. One of the hardest-hit areas is the countrys eastern coastal region, which is rich in archaeological treasures from sites such as the ancient Greek and Roman city of Cyrene. International and Libyan specialists say that random digging here is proceeding unchecked.
On a visit to the UK in September, the senior Libyan archaeologist Ramadan Shebani, the former archaeology curator at the Red Castle museum in Tripol