Carabinieri police have recovered
three frescoes stolen from the ancient archeological area of
Pompei in the 1950s and are now part of the private collection
of a deceased United States businessman, sources said on
Tuesday.
The frescoes, dating from the first century BC and
featuring two women and a man, were due to be put up for
auction.
They belonged to a group of six frescoes that were
plundered from the Pompeii archaeological superintendent's
office in 1957.
Police have already recovered the others in Europe and the
United States.
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