The Etruscan tomb was hidden in such a remote corner of Tuscany that Andrea Marcocci, the archeology student who had identified it about a decade ago, was not very worried that anyone else would stumble upon it.
Then, earlier this year, woodsmen began to clear brush in the area, and Marcocci - who had felt the tomb had been safe as long as it was hidden in a forest - realized he had to act.
"I became worried that what's supposed to be the patrimony of mankind would become the patrimony of an individual," he said.
Already posted earlier, but this one adds some new details to it discovery.