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This isn’t an especially compelling mural, but Google Translate decided to translate its source, “La

This isn’t an especially compelling mural, but Google Translate decided to translate its source, “La tombe de Patron,” as “The Boss’s Tomb” and that’s pretty funny. 

[ID: A square piece of masonry on which is painted a mural; the mural features two individuals, one draped in what appears to be a tunica (a long women’s tunic) and the other in a short chiton, of the kind normally worn by young men and women. The chiton-wearing individual has a tool of some kind, what looks like a threshing staff, slung over one shoulder. The Louvre cannot identify either person’s gender, and the mural is heavily damaged.] 


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“…the bundle was finally excavated in late 2021, revealing an individual from the Middle Sican period around AD 900-1050. Based on the type of good associated within the bundle, the researchers suggest that the individual likely served as a surgeon.”

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