An Italian Canadian woman has returned a first-century AD terracotta roof decoration stolen from Pompeii during her honeymoon 50 years ago, carabinieri police said Thursday.
The woman, now in her 70s, consigned the ornament stolen from the quadriporticus behind the theatre at the archaeological site in June 1964 to Che carabinieri's protection of cultural heritage department in Naples after travelling to Italy from her home in Montreal.
She said she repented of the gesture carried out in her youth and now had a clear conscience.
The stolen item was an antefix, a carved vertical slab blocking the covering tiles of an ancient roof.
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