zwiebel
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Two American tourists have been caught in Italy with a couple of 66lb lumps of ancient masonry in their luggage, stolen from the ruins of Pompeii.
Authorities discovered the ancient artefact as the pair - who haven't been named - were about to fly back to the US. They now face charges of appropriation of state heritage.
To add insult to injury, it looks like they wrapped them in a map of Pompeii too - and maybe even helpfully (for police) marked where they took them from too?
http://www.thelocal.it/20140916/american-tourists-caught-with-pompeii-relic
Link to photos and original story (in Italian) here: http://www.ilmattino.it/PRIMOPIANO/...9-aeroporto-di-fiumicino/notizie/905261.shtml
Authorities discovered the ancient artefact as the pair - who haven't been named - were about to fly back to the US. They now face charges of appropriation of state heritage.
To add insult to injury, it looks like they wrapped them in a map of Pompeii too - and maybe even helpfully (for police) marked where they took them from too?
http://www.thelocal.it/20140916/american-tourists-caught-with-pompeii-relic
Link to photos and original story (in Italian) here: http://www.ilmattino.it/PRIMOPIANO/...9-aeroporto-di-fiumicino/notizie/905261.shtml
