Overview

• Italian police seized Etruscan artifacts valued at 8 million euros from an illegal excavation site in Umbria.
• The artifacts include urns, sarcophagi, and beauty items such as a bronze mirror and a perfume bottle.
• Two local entrepreneurs discovered the artifacts while excavating their land and attempted to sell them on the black market.
• Authorities used drones and phone taps to track the suspects, who posted images of the artifacts online.
• The pair, labeled as 'amateurish' tomb raiders, could face up to 10 years in prison for theft and trading in stolen goods.