Ancient fresco stolen
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THIEVES detached and stole a section of fresco in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii last week, adding to the degradation of one of the world’s outstanding archeological sites after heavy rain caused sections of wall to collapse.
Officials from Pompeii’s archeology service said the thieves chipped off a 20cm-wide section of fresco depicting the goddess Artemis from a site known as the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, which is not currently open to the public. Police said news of the theft, which occurred on March 12, had been withheld so as not to compromise their investigation of the case, which they described as “particularly delicate.”
The latest theft occurred two weeks after sections of wall at the site collapsed during heavy rain, prompting new Culture Minister Dario Franceschini to promise to step up maintenance work at the site.
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