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  • Five-Ton Roman Sarcophagus Found Sealed Beneath Cavtat After 1,500 Years

    Five-Ton Roman Sarcophagus Found Sealed Beneath Cavtat After 1,500 Years

    A five-ton Roman sarcophagus discovered beneath Cavtat, Croatia, was found still closed, sealed with lime mortar, and untouched after more than 1,500 years. The stone coffin, dated to the 4th–6th centuries A.D., was uncovered three meters below the surface in the necropolis of ancient Epidaurum, a Roman colony on the Adriatic coast. A sealed tomb…