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A woman returned an ancient relic more than 50 years after stealing it from a tourist site in Greece

The woman — who hails from Germany — took a piece of a limestone column from a building in Ancient Olympia in the 1960s

Greece’s Ministry of Culture has called the woman’s decision an act of “sensitivity and courage”

A woman has returned a valuable relic to Greece — more than 50 years after stealing it from an ancient tourist site.

The returned item was a 9 inch by 13 inch piece of limestone column from the Leonidaion, a building in Ancient Olympia, and it was taken by a German woman in the 1960s during a visit to the area, per a translated announcement from Greece’s Ministry of Culture. An official repatriation ceremony for the piece took place on Oct. 10.

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