During World War II, a German military captain acquired a stolen erotic mosaic while stationed in Italy. The ancient artwork came from in or around Pompeii, the city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.

A steamy piece of stolen history has finally returned to Italy, decades after its initial disappearance. According to the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, national authorities and military officials spent the past two years working towards repatriating an erotic travertine tile mosaic with ancient Roman origins.

An Ancient Roman mosaic panel depicting a pair of lovers has been returned to the Pompeii Archaeological Park more than 80 years after it was stolen by the Nazis. The mosaic was returned by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage,