A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman grave marker discovered in a New Orleans backyard has now been returned to Italy.
The marble epitaph – dating back roughly 1,900 years – was officially handed over to Italian officials in Rome on Wednesday during a ceremony led by the FBI. The event also marked the repatriation of another antiquity recovered in the US, the agency said.
Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Glad to see it has been returned.
A fun thought, I’d guess that the guy whom the tablet was made for all those years ago would likely get a good chuckle to know his headstone traveled to an uncharted place, yet unheard of in his time, and eventually make it all the way back home. Then, knowing the journey it went on, being read about by people from all over the world on technology that would’ve appeared as nothing short of magic to his eyes.