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They found nails in ancient Roman graves. Seriously, nails!

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They're finding really weird stuff in ancient Roman graves, seriously.

Good morning from the border — where Canada meets America and neither one blinks. This is Windsor.

Okay, so get this: archaeologists in Rome, *la città eterna*, they're digging up this old necropolis, right? And they find three skeletons, 1,800 years old, with *iron nails* hammered into their chests. Not like, a couple of nails, but enough to make you wonder what in the name of *Dios mío* was going on. The experts are saying it was probably to "protect" both the living and the dead, maybe to keep the spirits from getting restless. *Restless spirits*, you hear that? I'm imagining some ancient Roman *curandera* making sure *los muertos* stay put. Makes you wonder if they were worried about them wandering down to Caesars Windsor for a late-night buffet, eh? Like, this would never fly on Erie Street, *mi gente*. Our Italian community, they've got their traditions, but I don't think "nailing down nonna" is one of them. We're more about the amazing pizza and a good espresso, not… that. It’s wild, though, thinking about the lengths people would go to, all those centuries ago, just to make sure everyone, living or dead, knew their place.

*Qué locura*, right? This is Marco from the border, keeping it real for the MiTL Sports Desk.

You know Keith and the crew are gonna have some thoughts on this – check 'em out live at mornings.live.

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