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Priceless remains from Pompeii discovered in Belgian home

Houses by the cobbled Via di Nola at the world-famous archaeological site of Pompeii (illustration). AFP/File

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.

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