Aerial view of Roman tomb, Wolkertshofen, Germany© Archäologiebüro Dr. Woidich GmbH
Posted on 10/27/2025 10:49:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The possible foundation of a monumental Roman tomb has been unearthed in southern Germany, in what was once the Roman province of Raetia, according to a La Brújula Verde report. Situated next to a Roman road, the circular structure measures about 40 feet in diameter and would have supported an earthen mound, or tumulus, surrounded by a retaining wall. A square base that may have supported a stele or a statue was uncovered on its southern side. No human remains or grave goods have been discovered within the circle, however, suggesting that it may have been an empty tomb, or cenotaph, that had been built in honor of a person buried at another location. To read about a medieval child's tomb that was recently found beneath the ruins of a Roman villa in Bavaria, go to "Good Night, Sweet Prince."
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Aerial view of Roman tomb, Wolkertshofen, Germany© Archäologiebüro Dr. Woidich GmbH
suggesting that it may have been an empty tomb, or cenotaph, that had been built in honor of a person buried at another location.
That’s a lot of work on the frontier for a cenotaph...Was that a deal?
Traffic roundabout
They need to look behind the shelter in the middle
The Empty Grave
A drunk leaves a bar and decides to take a shortcut through a cemetery. It is raining heavily and very dark, no moon.
It is Halloween night.
He doesn’t see an open grave and falls into it. He tries to climb out of it but the rain has turned the dirt to mud, it is too slippery to climb out.
He gives up after a while and goes to sleep.
A while later another drunk leaves the same bar and decides to take the same shortcut through the graveyard.
He, too, falls into the same open grave and tries to climb out, but the mud is too slippery.
The first drunk awakens and watches as the other drunk tries but fails to climb out.
He gets on his feet, taps the second drunk on the shoulder and says, “Give it up, you’ll never get out.”
But he did.
😆
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