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<p>[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 9842163, member: 23"]When we were in Greece in 1987 we watched a young couple get pulled out of the boarding line for the flight home because they had some rocks and a piece of terra cotta that they claimed they bought at a flea market. Apparently, it was verboten to pick up or buy any kind of antiquity at that time. I was in Sicily in December last year. We visited the island of Motya which is privately owned but a huge historic site with ruins from Greeks, Phoenicians, Romans, etc. There are vineyards and you can pick up all kinds of pottery littering the ground and our guide said take anything you want so I brought home a sampling. Nobody fussed at the airport.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 9842163, member: 23"]When we were in Greece in 1987 we watched a young couple get pulled out of the boarding line for the flight home because they had some rocks and a piece of terra cotta that they claimed they bought at a flea market. Apparently, it was verboten to pick up or buy any kind of antiquity at that time. I was in Sicily in December last year. We visited the island of Motya which is privately owned but a huge historic site with ruins from Greeks, Phoenicians, Romans, etc. There are vineyards and you can pick up all kinds of pottery littering the ground and our guide said take anything you want so I brought home a sampling. Nobody fussed at the airport.[/QUOTE]
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