Preliminary explorations indicate these burials were looted in antiquity; passages linking them are thought to have been made by ancient robbers moving between the tombs.
—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
31 Aug. 2026
The robbers have ordered the victims to unlock their cellphones, and have fled on foot after taking the phones.
They are finally revealed as the head-lamps of a gang of thieves, robbing a church, caught closer up, their faces occasionally emerging from the gloom.
—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2026
Whyte is a hoot, and her thick-as-thieves chemistry with Horgan a delight.
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