A lead ceramic goblet decorated with skeletons (left) and a marble chest (right) unearthed from the Robine necropolis.Image credit: © Denis Gliksman, Inrap
Posted on 05/06/2024 1:35:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling ancient Roman cemetery in southern France containing 1,430 graves and evidence of funerary banquets held in honor of deceased family members.
Excavations of the cemetery, called the Robine necropolis due to its proximity to a canal of the same name, began in 2017 ahead of construction work in the city of Narbonne. The funerary complex was "remarkably well-preserved," having been buried beneath a 10-foot (3 meters) blanket of silt during flooding of the nearby Aude River, according to a translated statement.
The graves and artifacts date to between the end of the first century B.C. and the end of the third century A.D. and include more than 100 tombs containing children's remains. Subsequent analyses showed the method of burial differed depending on the age of the deceased person: Children were buried, while the majority of adults were cremated. Adults who were buried without cremation were placed in wooden coffins, whereas children were placed in more rudimentary boxes or pits closed with a cover, according to the statement.
Some graves were scattered with chunks of charred food — including dates, figs, cereals and bread. Archaeologists think these were left over from feasts held by families in remembrance of deceased relatives. The feasts may have been part of a nine-day-long Roman festival known as "Parentalia," which families celebrated every year in February.
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A lead ceramic goblet decorated with skeletons (left) and a marble chest (right) unearthed from the Robine necropolis.Image credit: © Denis Gliksman, Inrap
Kind of sad… All those things left behind, they had meaning for someone at one point in time… And the owners are long since dust.
Our lives are way too short
Patton was there in a former life. He said so.
They are. And they look shorter as the finish line seems to be right around the next curve.
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If you’re cremated they can’t dig up your remains.
5.56mm
Genetic memory perhaps.
These are the 8 reincarnations of General Patton
"The general also remembered being stationed in Langres, France — as a Roman legionnaire in Caesar's X Legion."
Some believe that Patton has once again returned as Donald J Trump:
Archeology renders many twists and turns. I love archeology. Like baseball legend Yogi Berra once said, "Its deja vu all over again."
I think I’m in love!
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