tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post828787079551297940..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: British "Smugglers" Return Home - Minus Their Tourist SouvenirsPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-85297559773634501242012-02-27T11:58:59.203-08:002012-02-27T11:58:59.203-08:00Absolutely. You are of course right.
I too suspe...Absolutely. You are of course right. <br /><br />I too suspect it might not be a cut-and-dried case.<br /><br />After all, almost every single tourist fake in Luxor is passing through either Luxor or Cairo airport, so you'd think the Customs would know their characteristics pretty well by now...Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-60661394059278547732012-02-27T11:03:11.663-08:002012-02-27T11:03:11.663-08:00It's a stupid story - but at least customs are...It's a stupid story - but at least customs are trying, and I suspect that something about the couple made them suspect something was wrong.<br /><br />In Morocco I tried it the other way around, and asked Customs if I could export some old bowls I had bought - I had no idea how old they were, nor the law. Customs was clueless and didn't understand why anyone would want chipped old crockery. <br /><br />We can mock the Egyptians, but we'd be far more upset if people smuggled items and sold them without being stopped.<br /><br />Best wishes, DDorothy Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820009282218419179noreply@blogger.com