A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered a 1,900-year-old marble gravestone inscribed in Latin.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, reputable sources including NBC News, Smithsonian Magazine, Live Science, and Archaeology Magazine, all corroborating the AP report with consistent details.
Sources
- A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans ... (apnews.com)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/long-lost-ancient-roman-artifact-reappears-new-orleans-backyard-rcna237075 (nbcnews.com)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-married-couple-in-new-orleans-found-a-stone-in-their-backyard-it-turned-out-to-be-an-ancient-roman-soldiers-gravestone-180987485/ (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/roman-tombstone-found-in-new-orleans/ (archaeologymag.com)