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Archaeologically-rich countries like Egypt have also been targets, \u201cbut the growth of social networks and e-commerce platforms, coupled with the recent industrial-scale looting by [Daesh] across the Middle East, has brought a stream of stolen antiquities online,\u201d EU and US investigators said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stolen antiques are flooding e-commerce websites and challenging law enforcement officials, the WSJ says (paywall). 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