(CNN) — A Canadian woman has returned five artifacts she took from Pompeii in 2005, saying they have plagued her with bad luck. "I wanted to have a piece of history that couldn't be bought," wrote the woman, who said she was "young and dumb" at the time. "People died in such a horrible way and I took tiles related to that kind of destruction." Nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, showering Pompeii with hot rock, volcanic ash and noxious gas and burying its residents. A selection of letters and returned artifacts has been put on display at the Pompeii Antiquarium, she added, noting that, while the value of the artifacts was not significant, the letters were interesting from an anthropological perspective.

Source: CNN October 12, 2020 14:41 UTC