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Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-roman-mosaic-was-used-as-coffee-table-in-nyc-apartment-180979142/
TIL that, thought destroyed by Nazis, a priceless mosaic owned by Roman emperor Caligula ended up as a coffee table for 50 years in a NYC apartment.
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God knows what that mosaic has seen. I wouldn’t drink coffee off of it.
i mean someone in NJ has hitler’s toilet seat in their house.. why should we be surprised this was a bring back..
Rather fitting for it being Caligula.