Mysterious Lead Coffin

>>18964412
yup its a coffin.

>>18964417
but its made of lead, the most popular metal building material of all time! only aliens could have access to such materials

>>18964433
maybe it's the body of an alien that was buried by humans

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>>18964412
>1000 pounds
>lead-lined

Obviously this is how they buried their radioactive giants.

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Ancient radioactive waste container?

>>18964438
since we dont know whats inside, lets make an educated guess /x/. I think when they get it open they will find the skeletens of a big foot and a grey alien, still in the sexual sodomy position.

>>18964454
which one is the bottom?

>>18964463
thats the big mystery we are looking for, honestly. I think OP is on to something though.

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>>18964477
yeah, onto a meaty sasquatch baloney pony.

>>18964492
Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. I bet that grey alien has a monster dong that you would never expect.

>>18964501
actually it's probably just the dong itself in that coffin

>>18964514
Oh shit you are probably right, pre further reading in the article
>"...ground penetrating radar has reviled this top "coffin" shaped statue is actually just the penis for a very large lead alien grey statue"

Well mystery solved then!

haha, they're going to use butt-cameras to look inside the thing.

Just did a taroe card reading say-ance and it turns out that it actually satans coffin and the world is now going to end 5/6/2017 at exactly 3:53 am!!!

>>18964545
in what time zone tho?

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>>18964412
Say hi to the master for me

A coffin, huh? Do you think it had sugarin?

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>>18964545
east coast usa

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>>18964492
I have standards.

>OP here
the amount of sarcasm in this post is staggering.
Just thought the amount of lead used and the fact there was never a follow up article piqued my interest.

>>18964698
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100329-roman-sarcophagus-gladiator-lead-burrito/
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/ancient-lead-sarcophagus-contains-roman-vip-1932247.html
http://www.livescience.com/6245-mysterious-lead-coffin-rome.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100329162934.htm

Is it not odd that you've got new fewer than 4--probably more--different sources all covering this within a day of each other? Must be the work of either publicists or lazy journalists reporting off of press releases.

Hmm, yup http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/7600

Here, a little web sleuthing leads to the answer

DDG: `site:ns.umich.edu/ terrenato`

returns this press release from a few weeks ago http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/24672-readers-can-virtually-explore-italian-archeology-dig-in-new-u-m-publication

>The content of the lead coffin was excavated in the lab at the American Academy in Rome. The lead sheets wrapped the body of an adult male individual who died around the age of Nero, whose skeletal remains are visible on the left. No grave goods were found, but the disposal of 500 pounds of metal is in itself a sign of the high status of the deceased.

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>>18964412
It was the grave of Tectiplumbus the greatest lead roofing thief in all of Rome.

He was caught stealing the lead sheeting from the Emperor's palace for the third time in one year. He was executed by being encased in the roofing he stole as a reminder that the Emperor really fucking hates leaky roofs and cheeky thieves.

>>18964439
Lead is VERY HEAVY. That is why they use it to make BULLETS.

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Whatever you do, don't open it.

>>18964412
They found the Devils septic tank. End of days.

Maybe someone wanted a gold coffin. They used lead, and gold plate. When the mark died, he was buried in the coffin. The plate rotted off.

dude inb4 the vatican has stolen the corpse/payed off the researchers so they can stash this in their hidden underground vault along with
the missing link
the real lance of longinus
all the skeletons of giants
countless leftover books from the dark-ages
Ancient relics worth more then most fortune 500 companies
Imagine if christ fags weren't just the worst people in history (Obviously not the low level church goer i'm talking higher ranking church officials)
"Oh my gosh someone found proof that we're wrong QUICKLY PAY THEM FOR WHAT THEY HAVE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE NOTION THAT WE ARE CORRECT"

>>18964412
Here is the professor's email address if someone wants to email him and ask.

[email protected]

Got it from the University of Michigan website.

>Inside the lead coffin, archaeologists found the skeleton of an elderly woman, who academics believe could have been an early benefactor of the friary -- as radiocarbon dating shows she might have been buried not long after the church was completed in 1250 (although analysis shows her death could have taken place as late as 1400).

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>>18964786
Thank ya for sating my curiosity, guess case is closed.

>>18965084

>gold
>rotted off

i don't think you know what those words mean

>>18964412
is this a jojo reference?