I'm pretty sure that a lot of the "fighting" going on in these middle east countries/cities from Baghdad Iraq through to Mosul Syria are also providing cover for archaeological raids. Remember all the "antiquities" that were sacked from Baghdad as soon as the Iraqi army capitulated. The same has been going on across the whole region under the cover of the fighting.
I've got a couple bits and pieces that have come together synchronously in the past month or so. There is definitely some linkage to this story. The events of the middle east, these archaeological raids and the terror group ISIS revolve around the esoterica of the Goddess ISIS, Osiris and Horus and specifically ISIS's quest to recover the dismembered parts of Osiris and bring him back from the dead.
I posted a thread on the NASA mission Osiris Rex, we don't know dick. Journey to an asteroid which just so happens to be the exact same shape as Isis's own temple island.
The terror group ISIS was given that name for a reason.