More examples of artifacts not properly cared for government archaeologists. If
this is what happens in a wealthy country with a strong tradition of
professional responsibility and government transparency, imagine what happens in
poorer countries.

http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20090312-17983.html

"The two 7,000-year-old wooden boats and a third one thought to be around 6,000
years old, were hailed as a sensation when they were found during construction
work on the Baltic coast near Stralsund in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern seven years
ago. But now they are effectively ruined, after a lack of funds resulted in them
being stored inappropriately."

"The state office's storage facilities have less than a good reputation – mice
have chewed up ancient documents in the main archive mice while a water leakage
destroyed precious artefacts in another depot."