They found nails on dead people in Rome and I have questions
Okay, so I’m scrolling through my news feed this morning, sipping my coffee and thinking about if I should go to Art-is-in or Bridgehead for my croissant today – a real dilemma, you know? – when I see this story. Archaeologists in Rome, *Rome*, people, found 1,800-year-old skeletons with iron nails on their chests. *Nails.* They’re saying it was a ritual to protect the living and the dead, to keep the spirits from getting restless. *Les esprits agités*, imagine! I mean, you see this in the movies, right? But this is real life, in a Roman necropolis, which sounds like a very official, very *bureaucratic* kind of burial ground, and suddenly there are nails involved. It just makes you think, what exactly were they so worried about? Did they have their own version of the ByWard Market ghosts, but with more… hardware?
Honestly, this is the kind of thing that makes you appreciate the National Capital Commission’s rigorous planning. Can you *imagine* if they found something like this under Parliament Hill? The press conference alone would be an absolute circus, three levels of government officials all trying to explain why there are iron nails on 1,800-year-old skeletons. "We are undertaking a comprehensive review of all historical burial practices within the 613 area code to ensure compliance with modern spectral tranquility guidelines." It’s so wonderfully dramatic, so *un-Ottawa*. Here, we worry about proper zoning and if the Glebe will ever concede that Hintonburg has better brunch. But restless spirits needing iron nails? That’s next-level municipal problem-solving. It just makes me wonder what kind of paperwork they had to fill out for *that*.
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