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<p>[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2182622, member: 13874"][USER=8708]@KSW[/USER] I saw in a documentary (or read somewhere) that the Catacombs in Rome had to be closed to the public because visitors made off with so much of the bones in them that it was feared they'd run out one day. Not all pilferers were devout pilgrims or souvenir collecting tourists. Most were thieves who sold the bones to the reliquary industry. There is <i>moula in them thar' bones </i>apparently...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2182622, member: 13874"][USER=8708]@KSW[/USER] I saw in a documentary (or read somewhere) that the Catacombs in Rome had to be closed to the public because visitors made off with so much of the bones in them that it was feared they'd run out one day. Not all pilferers were devout pilgrims or souvenir collecting tourists. Most were thieves who sold the bones to the reliquary industry. There is [I]moula in them thar' bones [/I]apparently...[/QUOTE]
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