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.
Was it just the headstone, or is there actually a body buried under that? 🤔
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’’ …
Eh, GIs did some looting and pillaging even in France and the Netherlands, much less Germany and Italy.
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.
