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Tuesday, 01 December 2015 11:55

Looted Ancient Frescoes Return to Italy for Good

Paestum, Italy. Paestum, Italy. Wikipedia

A group of ancient frescoed stone slabs have gone on display in Italy for the first time since they were looted by an infamous antiquities trafficker known as “The Captain."

According to Reuters, the artworks, dating from 400 BC, were illegally excavated from the ancient Greek site of Paestum, located near Naples.

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