tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post4351025290879494508..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Tourist Trinkets in Cyprus Relic Bust?Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-81769410507594704722010-03-09T08:10:11.204-08:002010-03-09T08:10:11.204-08:00Dear Paul, as a Cypriot who lives next to the arch...Dear Paul, as a Cypriot who lives next to the archeological areas in Pafos I feel insulted when I hear news of this type. The fact that Cypriots, and I mean starting from the state of Cyprus, have never really appreciated the cultural value of our findings and this gives the alibi to the smugglers. If we were closer to our tradition and were able to put our heritage in a "show case" the smugglers would have thought about it twice.Petros Mavroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355506780283252821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-78628958724587807002010-03-08T11:26:44.251-08:002010-03-08T11:26:44.251-08:00Or (to take the conspiracy theorising further) was...Or (to take the conspiracy theorising further) was this item included in the photoshoot deliberately in an attempt to cast doubt on the authenticity of decontextualised material of purported Cypriot origin on the market, making buyers less willing to purchase items without documented origins and provenances. <br /><br />Flooding the market with fakes would be one way to bring the no-questions-asked market to its knees.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.com