Antiquities suffer at hands of crisis ...

Greece's antiquities and historical past is suffering at the hands of the national financial crisis with digs being postponed, illegal ones proliferating, museum staff trimmed and valuable pieces stolen, say Greek archaeologists.

"Greece's historic remains have become our curse," said an archaeologist at a recent media event organised to protest spending cuts.
Archaeological digs in Greece are finding it hard to obtain public funding while antiquity smuggling is on the rise, said archaeologists at the meeting.