Photo: France’s National Institute of Preventive Archeology (INRAP)
Posted on 09/27/2023 7:23:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists from France's National Institute of Preventive Archeology (INRAP) have unearthed an unlooted ancient stone sarcophagus in the vast ancient necropolis on Rue Soussillon in northeastern France...
The ancient Durocortorum was the capital of the province of Gaul Belgium and was one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. The city extended over 600 hectares and was delimited by a powerful wall. It was in the second half of the 19th century, during extension work in Reims, that the contours of this so-called "Augustan" enclosure were highlighted as well as the extra muros necropolises, located around the seven main access routes. (towards Boulogne, Soissons, Paris, Lyon, Trier, Cologne and Bavay). In 22 years of research, 5,000 tombs have been explored and added to the museum's collections.
The First World War destroyed the museum as well as a large part of its collections and documentation. Apart from knowledge of the topography of the funerary spaces, very little remains from the excavations of these ancient necropolises...
During the recent excavation, scientists discovered a lime sarcophagus limestone that measures 3.3 feet high, 5.4 feet long, and 2.6 feet wide, with a 1,700-pound lid held in place by iron pegs sealed with lead. The archaeologists first did X-rays on the sarcophagus then used an endoscopic camera. They found a skeleton of a woman inside, alongside a number of other objects, including a mirror...
Inside the sarcophagus were also two glass containers possibly containing perfumed oils.
The unearthed items indicate that the burial occurred in the 2nd century A.D. Samples of the sediment on the bones and on the bottom of the tank will make it possible to determine if there are plant remains or products linked to the treatment of bodies.
(Excerpt) Read more at arkeonews.net ...
People were shorter back then.................
Let the looting begin!
I’ve seen enough movies to know that they shouldn’t open it! /S
I for one, certainly prefer my sarcophagi to only be looted by PhDs
You finally found a place to use the plural word for Sarcophagus.
Thanks!
Perhaps the genitive singular, “the sarcophagus of me”. :-)
Whew!
Wouldn’t that be “sarcophagme”? ;^)
My pleasure.
What an outstanding find!
Yup. And it’s already been handled better than the many excavated over a century ago.
Unlooted until now.
Archaeological excavations are not looting.
Looting is what is carried out (and advocated here on FR) by folks who think they should carry off whatever they find, screw everyone else, y'know, like BLM does.
—> Archaeological excavations are not looting.
They simply have approved looting credentials and carry away what they loot to institutions, screwing local communities of their cultural patrimony.
No, they don’t. Local patrimony, what a joke.
—> Local patrimony, what a joke.
I see your problem bro
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