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Coverage dated October 10, 2025

A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that

  2. New York Post

    Roman artifact with cryptic ‘spirits of the dead’ message uncovered in New Orleans backyard (opens New York Post)

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    A New Orleans family found a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters, identified as a 1,900-year-old grave marker of a Roman sailor, in their backyard.

  3. The Oregonian

    This 1,900-year-old Roman artifact was lost for decades. It turned up in a New Orleans backyard (opens The Oregonian)

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    Further sleuthing revealed the tablet had been missing from an Italian museum for decades.

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