Tomb of Archimedes

Tomb of Archimedes

It's unknown where the tomb of Archimedes is located today. The last known record of his tomb was in 75 B.C., 137 years after Archimedes had died, when Cicero found it in a neglected condition and overgrown with bushes and had the tomb cleaned up.

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