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Amazing Roman tombstone engraved with ancient portrait and mysterious letters

A new discovery at a Roman archaeological site has shocked the scientific world: a tombstone with a sharp portrait and strange, indecipherable inscriptions.

Báo Khoa học và Đời sốngBáo Khoa học và Đời sống25/08/2025

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While excavating in the hill town of Bucchianico in the Abruzzo region of central Italy, experts from the Bucchianico Municipal Archaeological Service unexpectedly found a strange, rare, and mysterious object. Photo: @Bucchianico Municipal Archaeological Service.
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It is a tombstone from ancient Rome, with a portrait of the deceased in relief. Photo: @Bucchianico Municipal Archaeological Service.
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It is worth mentioning that this particular tombstone was moved from the original burial site. Photo: @Bucchianico Municipal Archaeological Service.
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The stele also has an inscription that reads: “METTIAE CL RVFAE METTIA CL ACVME MATRI P”. Photo: @Bucchianico Municipal Archaeological Service.
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A rough translation (plus some guesswork for the abbreviations) would read: “To Mettia Rufa, the freedwoman of Caius, Mettia, the freedwoman of Caius, gives this gift to her mother.” Photo: @Bucchianico Municipal Archaeological Service.
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While experts are working on the stele, Bucchianico city officials will raise funds to restore and display the stele in the town where it was discovered, possibly in the monastery of the city palace. Photo: @Bucchianico Municipal Archaeological Service.
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