Silvia Donati | January 22, 2015 | Italy Magazine: “More than 5,000 precious artifacts from the past have been recovered in an operation by the Carabinieri that has been described as the biggest recovery of stolen archeological items in history.
The collection comprises vases, bronzes, statues and frescoes, including rare pieces, stolen from different Italian archeological sites, spanning a period of 1,000 years, from the 1st century BC to the 2-3rd century AD. They are estimated to be worth 40 million euros. Presenting the artifacts in Rome, Carabinieri general Mariano Mossa said, “This is by a long shot the biggest recovery in history, in terms of the quantity and quality of the archeological treasures.”
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