The president of the National Commission for Archaeology, Dan Aparaschivei, declared on Wednesday, during the 58th National Session of Archaeological Reports, which is taking place in Targu Mures, that in Romania there are no barriers for detecting, which often leads to the destruction of the archaeological context of an artifact.

"Many of these detectorists do this not only as a passion, but as something that leads to a terrible destruction of the heritage, the archaeological heritage (...) I have also seen many videos where they are actually digging for an artifact, after a coin, after a vase. From a scientific point of view, it is a crime, because that amateur 'archaeologist' destroys the archaeological context, destroys any other information, destroys a potential source of additional information related not to the object itself, but to the respective place", declared the president of the National Commission for Archeology, Dan...