An archaeological mystery in a half-ton lead coffin

University of Michigan ^ | Mar. 29, 2010 | Unknown

[wbill]

There were a few other important plot points that I forgot, I'm sure.

Like the leader-type whose incredibly restrictive white male (Army/Marine/Minister) father - in between (beating/abusing/molesting) them - taught them how to shoot. Anything. From a .22 to a RPG. With perfect accuracy - unless it's better for the plot that they miss. And said weapon will always have the correct ammo, in exactly the correct amounts.

And the cars that conveniently don't start.

And the car keys that are always easy to find. Don't you always leave yours above the sun visor? OR the car keys that are impossibly hard to find, as well. "DAMN! I left them in the house, on the table, right next to the zombie axe-murderers! I hate it when that happens...."

I'm sure that there are plenty more points that I've missed. Something to do with "Why would a bunch of teenagers who - in real life - would have NOTHING to do with each other, wind up at a deserted farmhouse/camp/wilderness road, etc etc etc" But, I'll leave it to other FReepers to fill in the holes. :-)

[seawolf101]

[a fool in paradise]

[madmomma]

bookmark for later

[wbill]

And BTW, I accidentally clicked on your homepage and got sucked into reading all of it. You've got too many ideas on there that make far too much sense. You sure that you should be on FR? :-)

Because everyone here just knows that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery, that every cop is just a thug with a badge and gun, and the Catholic Church is at the root of every global conspiracy.

Really. I saw some movie-or-other with Tom Hanks on that last one. ;-) Hollywood wouldn't lie to me, would they?

[TigersEye]

I love the theme on this thread. I can just imagine that 10,000 Roman Centurions paid with their lives to get the thing in that coffin in there and sealed up. Now, along comes Bill Nye the Science Guy. “Hold muh beaker and watch this, kids.”

[Deaf Smith]

It was Pinhead, but he escaped long ago from the lead coffin.

Later, he was contained in a special puzzle box with the rest of his buddies.

[dozer7]

“An archaeological mystery in a half-ton lead coffin”

maybe the guy was radioactive

[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

[SunkenCiv]

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[wendy1946]

What reason would anybody possibly have to bury a gladiator or bishop in a half-ton lead coffin??

[LTCJ]

Thanks; I’m here all week. Don’t forget to tip your Census taker.

[decimon]

What reason would anybody possibly have to bury a gladiator or bishop in a half-ton lead coffin??

He stunk?

[decimon]

Don’t forget to tip your Census taker.

Are they cows?

[LTCJ]

LOL. Dunno, but I’ll let you know if one shows up at the door.

[Redcitizen]

Who or what is inside is still a mystery, said Nicola Terrenato, the University of Michigan professor of classical studies who leads the project—the largest American dig in Italy in the past 50 years.

So really they have only one lead in this investigation. =)

[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.

[GSP.FAN]

Oh man the Gladiator is dead, bummer i liked that movie..

[SunkenCiv]

Well, he did manage to get all the prisoners released. Didn’t bang the hot sister from Copenhagen, total letdown.

[SunkenCiv]

When ya bury someone in a half-ton lead coffin, you really, really don’t want whoever it is to dig their way out. Probably a cursed mummy from Egypt. I’m just glad cursed mummies can’t swim. At least I hope not.