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Sewer workers in Italy recently uncovered a 2,300-year-old tomb that "showed signs of ancient disturbance," according to local officials.

The news was announced by the Brindisi and Lecce Superintendency for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape in a Facebook post on Sept. 8.

In a translated version of the post, officials said the discovery was made in Manduria, a commune in Puglia.

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The tomb dates back to the 4th century B.C. and belonged to the Messapian civilization, a pre-Roman culture.

Officials said the burial "belonged to a small funerary complex, [and] is divided into two spaces."

The entrance "shows traces of painted plaster i

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