In a non-geographical sense, it may describe the illicit antiquities trade.

Threats to Tyre's ancient cultural heritage include development pressures and the illegal antiquities trade.

Mr. Schultz's conviction is expected to have wide repercussions for the antiquities trade.

The commercial and academic demand for artifacts unfortunately contributes directly to the illicit antiquities trade.

The antiquities trade is much more careful in recent years about establishing the provenance of cultural artifacts.

In National Geographic's narratives, the manuscript takes a long journey through the antiquities trade.

Increasingly, the antiquities trade was being accused of illicitly trafficking in plunder.

Over the last 30 years, international conventions and national laws have tightened control of the illicit antiquities trade.

The team was recently established to address art fraud, stolen art and the widening antiquities trade.

By its nature, the antiquities trade is an opaque business.