So you think Leif Erickson beat Christopher Columbus to the New World? Big deal. If anthropologist Roman Hristov is right, the Romans trumped 'em both, by at least 1,000 years. Based on a small, black terracotta head unearthed near Mexico City in 1933, Hristov is claiming the Romans visited the New World around AD 200. The artifact, which experts agree is genuine and of Roman origin, languished in a Mexico City museum for many years until Hristov came across it.
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So you think Leif Erickson beat Christopher Columbus to the New World? Big deal. If anthropologist Roman Hristov is right, the Romans trumped 'em both, by at least 1,000 years. Based on a small, black terracotta head unearthed near Mexico City in 1933, Hristov is claiming the Romans visited the New World around AD 200. The artifact, which experts agree is genuine and of Roman origin, languished in a Mexico City museum for many years until Hristov came across it.
