(ANSA) - Rome, May 26 - 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.
Stolen Pompeii frescoes recovered in U.S
1st-century BC artifacts belonged to private collection