Culture Minister Dario
Franceschini announced Friday that a mosaic from a ceremonial
ship of ancient Roman Emperor Caligula has been returned to
Italy by the United States thanks to the work of the Carabinieri
art police (TPC).
He said the piece is headed to Museum of Roman Ships (Museo
delle Navi Romane) at Nemi, near Rome.
The piece belonged to the bridge of one of two ceremonial
ships Caligula, who ruled AD 37-41, had built.
Franceschini said the U.S. had also returned other pieces
from illegal archaeological digs and robberies in Italy.
"Thanks to the Carabinieri, everything will be put back where
it came from," he said.
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