If you thought that the strangest discovery made in a market could be a vintage shirt from the 80s or a scratched vinyl of Celentano, prepared to change you back. To the famous Porta Portese Marketsin the heart of Romein fact a giant sarcophagus. Yes, just like that: a sarcophagus, placed with nonchalance together with other used objects.
To document the unusual discovery, the @rome_vintage_tours of Nataly Volpe’s account that resumed this has thought about it egizia coffin Exposed as if nothing was inside a stall. The reaction? Mixed between amazement, perplexity and a certain desire to ask for the price, just out of curiosity.
After all, Porta Portese It is famous for this: You can find everything about it. From retro fashion to modern antiques, passing through vintage toys, 1960s appliances and, apparently, also, too Archaeological finds (fake?). The border between the market and the open -air museum here has always been quite labile.
The scene became viral on social media
What a sarcophagus made us there And above all, if it were authentic or just a film scenography, it remains a mystery. But the video was enough to transform the scene into a Small social casewith users divided between those who laugh and those who wonder about the legality of the sale of similar objects.
Meanwhile, those who attend Porta Portese know that this is part of its charm: a place where Chaos meets collectingwhere you can contract for a pair of shoes and end up with a relic of ancient Egypt in the trunk.
If you are planning a trip to Rome, you could take notes. Who knows, maybe you will find A Roman statue that judges your outfit Or a seller ready to explain to you why his sarcophagus “makes furniture”. In short, the next time you go to Porta Portese, do you look good among the stalls: a pharaoh? A deal? Or maybe both.
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