Archaeologists have found what may be a shrine dedicated 2,600 years ago to Romulus, Rome's legendary founder and first king.
Experts carrying out an excavation at the Italian capital's ancient ruins discovered a sarcophagus, or stone coffin, along with a cylinder-shaped stone block, believed to possibly be an altar. Both are made of tuff - a type of rock created from ash spewed from a volcanic eruption - carved from the Capitoline Hill that overlooks the Roman Forum, and which is home to today's City Hall.Archaeologist Patrizia Fortini claims no one is suggesting the tomb ever actually contained the bones of Romulus who, with his twin Remus, established Rome near the Tiber River in around 753 BC.
Alfonsina Russo, the archaeologist in charge of the site, said that according to some ancient traditions, Romulus was killed and dismembered or ascended into heaven.
I hope they get haunted by his ghost !!!
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