Pompeii, visitor returns artifact after 50 years with note of apology

After fifty years returns find to Pompeii Archaeological Park: it is a fragment of antesissa depicting the face of a woman usually placed as a decorative part in the roofs of ancient domus. After all these years, the visitor, regretting having taken the find home, returned it by mail anonymously to the Pompeii Archaeological Superintendency, accompanied by a note of apology: “Fifty years ago I removed this fragment from a building. I am ashamed of it and return it to the owner. Sorry.”

The fragment, the size of about ten centimeters, is the latest case, in order of time, of visitors returning the special “souvenirs” to the archaeological site after years. In fact, it would seem that by mail they return almost weekly, according to Pompeii Archaeological Park director Massimo Osanna.

Pompeii, visitor returns artifact after 50 years with note of apology

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