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Global mystery after unearthed ancient Roman headstone is found โ€” in New Orleans (www.independent.co.uk)
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What started as a routine yard cleanup turned into an extraordinary archaeological discovery when a New Orleans couple unearthed a marble slab bearing an ancient Roman inscription.

Experts have confirmed that the slab is a tombstone dating to the 2nd century, sparking an international effort to return it to Italy, as well as raising questions about its journey to Louisiana.

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[โ€“] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Was it just the headstone, or is there actually a body buried under that? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] Redfox8@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The sub heading says it was missing from an Italian museum so my guess is it was probably looted and brought over (I admit I was too lazy to read further!).

Next week on 'My neighbour's a Nazi'' ....

[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Eh, GIs did some looting and pillaging even in France and the Netherlands, much less Germany and Italy.

[โ€“] Redfox8@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

It was a joke rather about potentially finding you had a secrect Nazi neighbour than a reference to real happenings! You'd have to be pretty determined to lug a great price of rock about with you if you were on the run!

I did see another article today saying it was a soldier, but not a German, who brought it to the US. So your comment appears to be in line with what happened here.

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