IA's Great Antiquity Campaign | Cayo Scoop!  The Ecology of Cayo Culture | Scoop.it

If anything good comes out of the discussion of the destruction of Noh Mul by the greedy, it'll be that the Institue of Archaeology's Anti-Looting campaign gets more attention.  They've been going around the country, and were at the Benque HoC's International Museum Day celebrations last week, educating the youth on antiquities  There's a lot of key information in their latest article.

 

"Along with looting comes the destruction of ancient monuments.  A monument is any old building, erections or other non-portable objects left behind by ancient civilizations such as the Maya or other historic people such as the colonizers of Belize.  Legally, any building over one hundred years is considered a monument.  Both monuments and antiquities are legally protected by law under the National Institute of Culture and History Act, Chapter 331 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000."