Name: Ancient Roman tombstone discovered in New Orleans backyard
Uploaded: 2025-10-08T15:47:31Z
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Description: A Tulane professor and her husband uncovered a marble tombstone nearly 2,000 years old while pulling weeds in their New Orleans backyard. Experts confirmed it was a Roman relic missing from an Italian museum since World War II — sparking a global archaeology mystery.

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A Tulane professor and her husband uncovered a marble tombstone nearly 2,000 years old while pulling weeds in their New Orleans backyard. Experts confirmed it was a Roman relic missing from an Italian museum since World War II — sparking a global archaeology mystery.

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