Italian Customs Police said on Tuesday that they had intercepted a load of precious goods smuggled from Africa, including a Phoenician-Punic jug, possibly dating back to the third century BC.
The Guardia di Finanza Police found the goods in a container shipped to the Southern Italian Port of Salerno from Eritrea.
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