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Posted on 10/11/2007 11:55:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copenhagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday. "It is something special and rare in Denmark to have so many (ancient Roman) graves in one place," archaeologist Rune Iversen was quoted as saying by the Roskilde Dagblad newspaper. The graveyard's exact location in Ishoej, southwest of downtown Copenhagen, was being kept secret until the archaeologists from the nearby Kroppedal Museum have completed their work, the newspaper wrote... Archaeologists found necklaces and other personal belongings, as well as ceramics for containing food. "It shows that we're dealing with the wealthy segment of that population," Iversen was quoted as saying. The objects were buried with the deceased "to show that one could afford it, show one's social status." Excavations are due to be completed in early November...
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That’s where they were snuffed out!...............
Nope, or they wouldn’t have been formally buried.
That’s the perfect spot to control trade in and out of the Baltic.
https://ku-dk.academia.edu/RuneIversen
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rune-Iversen
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=O-kxoEYAAAAJ&hl=en
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