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08 April 2019A 20-year-old English tourist was blocked by the Carabinieri after removing the mosaic tiles inside the Pompeii excavations. The military intervened after being alerted by the keepers who saw the woman removing a dozen pieces from the mosaic floor of the Domus dell'Ancora.

The twenty-year-old - according to Il Mattino - has climbed over the curb placed to protect the area, detached the pieces of the precious mosaic, put three in the backpack and ran away. Gestures, however, seen by the keepers who called the military intervened just before the woman managed to get out of the excavations. For her, the report was released in a state of freedom for aggravated damage.

Today the restorers of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii will begin work to put the blocks back in place.