Woman Returns Artefacts She Stole From Pompeii, Says They 'Cursed' Her For 15 Years

15 years ago, a tourist stole pieces from the ancient Italian city of Pompeii. She has now reportedly returned them saying that they 'cursed' her and her family. The Canadian woman sent the stolen ceramic fragments to a travel agent in Pompeii along with a letter of confession and a request that they be returned to the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, reports The Guardian.

The woman has been identified only as Nicole.?She sent two white mosaic tiles, two pieces of amphora vase and a piece of ceramic wall, back to Pompeii. In the letter she confessed that she stole them while visiting the historic city in 2005.

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‘I wanted to have a piece of history that couldn't be bought’, CNN quoted Nicole as having written in her letter. She said she was ‘young and dumb’ at the time and that the relics had ‘negative energy’.

According to her, after she returned with them to Canada, she suffered a series of misfortunes, including two bouts of breast cancer and financial hardships. ‘I am now 36 and had breast cancer twice. The last time ending in a double mastectomy. My family and I also had financial problems. We're good people and I don't want to pass this curse on to my family or children’, she reportedly said.?

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‘Please, take them back, they bring bad luck’, she wrote in her letter.?

Except for a tile that she gave to her friend, Nicole said she returned everything she took from the ancient city of Pompeii.?

In 79AD after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash. It was rediscovered in the 16th century, and it has become one of the most popular tourist destinations of Italy.?

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A spokesperson for the Archaeological Park of Pompeii reportedly said that ‘over the years, about a 100 people have returned small artefacts that they stole from the city, claiming that they cursed them or brought bad luck. A selection of letters and returned artifacts has been put on display at the Pompeii Antiquarium’.?

Can it be possible that the artefacts actually curse those who steal them or take them away from the place of Pompeii or could it be a series of coincidences that so many people have suffered bad luck after stealing them??