Canadian Woman Returns Stolen Pompeii Artifacts, Hoping to Shake off ‘Years of Bad Luck’

A visitor walks across the Roman Forum on November 25, 2019 in Pompeii. - While treasure hunters regularly pillaged Pompeii down the centuries looking for precious jewels or artifacts, whole areas have yet to be explored by modern-day archaeologists. Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images

A Canadian woman has returned artifacts she stole from excavations in Pompeii, hoping to be emancipated from the “years of bad luck” that they brought to her.

According to Il Messaggero, a Rome-based Italian newspaper, a package containing mosaic tiles, pieces of an amphora, and marble fragments arrived at a travel agency near Pompeii, along with an apology letter from a woman identified only as Nicole.