Frescoes among recovered treasures
Two medieval frescoes looted from a tomb near Naples in 1982 and recently returned by Greece were among recovered treasures presented by Italy's art cops Tuesday.
The frescoes of two saints were recovered by Greek antiquities police in a raid on Greek art traffickers on the Aegean island of Schinoussa in 2006.
Culture Ministry Archeology Director Stefano De Caro presented the frescoes to the press along with a pre-Ptolemaic Egyptian granite head, robbed from a Roman museum several years ago, and a sixth-century BC Etruscan vase stolen from Palermo's Museo Solinas 15 years ago.
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The frescoes of two saints were recovered by Greek antiquities police in a raid on Greek art traffickers on the Aegean island of Schinoussa in 2006.
Culture Ministry Archeology Director Stefano De Caro presented the frescoes to the press along with a pre-Ptolemaic Egyptian granite head, robbed from a Roman museum several years ago, and a sixth-century BC Etruscan vase stolen from Palermo's Museo Solinas 15 years ago.