article_snippet: Two American tourists have been arrested for carving initials into the Colosseum.
article_snippet: Before Two American tourists were spotted, the women, 21 and 25, were able to carve a J and an N into a brick wall on the first floor of the west side of the Colosseum.
article_snippet: The women, just two of six million tourists that flock to the Colosseum the Colosseum every year, used a coin to engrave the letters, La Stampa reported.
article_snippet: With approximately six million visitors to the Colosseum each year and ever-increasing staff cuts, policing the site has become a major problem.
article_snippet: Sadly many of the stones bear the unsightly engravings of tourists keen to leave their mark.
article_snippet: The Californians’ lawbreaking comes little over three months after a Russian tourist was caught carving a 25cm letter into the Colosseum.
article_snippet: Two tourists from the United States were caught engraving Two tourists from the United States initials at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy .
article_snippet: He was said to be the fifth tourist seen defacing the Colosseum in 2014.
article_snippet: In order to make the  UNESCO list, a site must have a special cultural or physical significance.
highlights_snippet: Tourists used a coin to carve eight-inch high letters J and N into the wall .
  