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Power-saw wielding thieves steal ancient rock carvings in 'worst vandalism ever'

Posted: November 21, 2012 |   Comments

The petroglyphs, etched by ancient hunters 3,500 years ago, had survived winds, floods and earthquakes, only to disappear from the rock face in a matter of hours, according to the Los Angeles Times.

A fifth carving suffered deep saw cuts, and a sixth was removed but broken and abandoned near a parking lot in the Eastern Sierra desert. Dozens of others were scarred by hammer blows.

"This was the worst act of vandalism ever seen," US Bureau of Land Management archeologist Greg Haverstock, whose field office manages the 750,000 acres of public land in Bishop, eastern California, was quoted as saying. "The individuals who did this were not surgeons, they were smashing and grabbing."

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