Grand tomb of Roman gladiator found in Turkey actually contains the remains of 12 other people

A third-century Roman tomb recently unearthed in western Turkey. The tomb is open in the photo.

Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a 1,800-year-old sarcophagus with inscriptions indicating it belonged to a Roman gladiator named Euphrates.

But instead of finding the gladiator's remains in the tomb, the team discovered the bones of 12 women and men dating to the fifth century A.D., suggesting the sarcophagus was reused roughly 200 years after it was built.