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Police Recover Stolen Ancient Art
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/19/arts/Looted-Art.ph...
Roman police have recovered several ancient works of art including Ancient Greek pottery and part of a fresco believed to have belonged to Emperor Nero's wife. The fresco, which was near Pompeii at its time, was burried in twenty feet of ash after the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that killed all of Pompeii's inhabitants. The fresco and other arifacts that were stolen in the 1970s were found in various collections in different countries in Europe. They were believed to have been stolen through a European art trafficking ring and thirty-one people are currently being investigated, though no arrests have been made yet. Join discussion...
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