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There's a monument in Rome called the Lapis Niger, or "Black Stone", but it's actually white. It's the oldest monument in Rome, and not even the ancient Romans knew what it was for. There's so many layers of ritual goods around it that each layer has a full meaning of it's own, and sometimes they're counter to other layers. The central layer is a bunch of laws about how many cows a king is allowed to own.
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