A marble bas-relief that decorated the home of a Belgian family for almost 50 years has turned out to be a 2,000-year-old relic from Pompeii, the ancient Roman city near Italy's Mount Vesuvius. The discovery came when the family had the artefact examined by art experts as they prepared to sell their house in Herzele, west of Brussels.Photos of the marble relief, which had been inlaid for years in a wall of the home, were emailed to an expert at the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, Belgium.Its dir
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A Belgian family looking to sell their home found out a longtime piece of decor they had displayed was a stolen artifact from the Roman ruins of Pompeii.