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Priceless Roman Mosaic Was Being Used as a Coffee Table 

mosaic coffee table commissioned by roman emperor caligula

Photo: AllThatsInteresting.com; 60 Minutes/YouTube

A colorful tile mosaic was used for 50 years in a New York City apartment to hold magazines and coffee cups. Nearly 2,000 years before, that same mosaic was part of the floor of a “party ship” used by the notoriously evil Roman Emperor Caligula (AD 37-41). How did it end up in New York […]
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