The discovery prompted an international search to figure out how the ancient headstone made it to New Orleans.
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A couple cleaning their backyard uncovered a 2,000-year-old Roman tombstone missing since World War II beneath the weeds
While cleaning their backyard, a New Orleans couple stumbled upon a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman tombstone. The marble ...
Archaeologists discovered a Roman necropolis near Naples at the location of the ancient settlement of Liternum. An inscription in the marble of a tomb indicated that it was the final resting place of ...
Daniella Santoro and her husband, Aaron Lorenzo, were doing yardwork at their New Orleans home in March when he found a marble slab beneath a lemon tree, hidden under a tangle of thick vines and dirt.
Homeowners found a marble slab carved with inscriptions while clearing out undergrowth in their yard. Turns out it was 1,800-years-old. Reading time 2 minutes Earlier this year, a couple in New ...
A nearly 2,000-year-old tombstone of a Roman sailor was discovered in the backyard of a New Orleans home. The Latin inscription on the grave marker prompted a search for the origin story of the marble ...
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