[1rudeboy]

"Romans as a rule were not buried in coffins to begin with and when they did use coffins, they were mostly wooden. There are only a handful of other examples from Italy of lead coffins from this age—the second, third or fourth century A.D. We know of virtually no others in this region."

Don't open it!

[Shaun_MD]

In a completely unrelated story, several archaeologists were found with their faces melted off and others in various liquefied states.

[IrishCatholic]

Yea! What fools! I saw that movie on the Showtime free preview weekend.

(This is where Showtime tries to entice new subscribers to their movie channel by showing second run movies at least five years old, or movies where Pamela Anderson plays a walk on part.)

Anyway, unless there is a geeky kid with a totally hot girlfriend whose uncle works at the museum, the world is hosed if they open that coffin.
Plan B would be an alcoholic ex-cop who is too old for this kind of thing.
Plan C is the brilliant but underfunded scientist whose theories are scoffed at.
There is no plan D. Hollywood just recycles A-C.

[Eagles6]

"Don't open it!"

My thoughts too. It's a sealed lead coffin for a reason!

[dozer7]

Romans as a rule were not buried in coffins to begin with and when they did use coffins, they were mostly wooden. There are only a handful of other examples from Italy of lead coffins from this age—the second, third or fourth century A.D. We know of virtually no others in this region.”

Don’t open it!

Think repo man - great movie

[Old Student]

Actually, it will be ok, it's just a time-traveler from a future where everything living has adapted to higher levels of radation than we can stand....

Thank you, H. Beam Piper.