Roman coffin mistakenly used as flowerpot at Blenheim Palace
A 2-metre-long marble container used as a flowerpot and makeshift water feature at Blenheim Palace in England for 200 years has been found to be a 1700-year-old Roman sarcophagus (coffin). The discovery was made when an antiques expert visited the premises on unrelated business. The sarcophagus, valued at £300,000 (₹2.4 crore), depicts a drunk Dionysus flanked by Ariadne and Hercules. 