microrobert
06-26-2012, 02:33 PM
Tourists stealing cobblestones and mosaic from ancient Rome
Tourists are stealing cobblestones, marble mile markers and bits of mosaic from ancient Rome and are being caught at customs trying to smuggle them home, airport police have disclosed.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02257/A4M20P_2257487b.jpg
The cobblestone streets of Rome
Dozens of the square stones used by Romans 2,000 years ago to pave roads are ending up in passengers hand luggage.
Security staff screening bags at the Italian capital's main airports at Fiumicino and Ciampino have reported a surge in findings as x-ray scanners pick up the objects when luggage is screened and they in turn call police.
Tourists stealing cobblestones and mosaic from ancient Rome - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9352373/Tourists-stealing-cobblestones-and-mosaic-from-ancient-Rome.html)
Tourists are stealing cobblestones, marble mile markers and bits of mosaic from ancient Rome and are being caught at customs trying to smuggle them home, airport police have disclosed.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02257/A4M20P_2257487b.jpg
The cobblestone streets of Rome
Dozens of the square stones used by Romans 2,000 years ago to pave roads are ending up in passengers hand luggage.
Security staff screening bags at the Italian capital's main airports at Fiumicino and Ciampino have reported a surge in findings as x-ray scanners pick up the objects when luggage is screened and they in turn call police.
Tourists stealing cobblestones and mosaic from ancient Rome - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9352373/Tourists-stealing-cobblestones-and-mosaic-from-ancient-Rome.html)