A 2,000-year-old Roman artifact has been recovered after being used as a coffee table in a Manhattan apartment for nearly 50 years.. The priceless Roman mosaic dates back to the time of emperor ...

A priceless Roman mosaic that dates to the Emperor Caligula — nearly 2,000 years ago — was shockingly used as a coffee table in a Manhattan apartment for nearly 50 years.

Roman Emperor Caligula's coffee table 04:34. When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the ...