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Remains of Possible Medieval Tax Collectors Found in Russia
Archaeology Magazine ^ | August 15, 2024 | editors / unattributed

Posted on 08/16/2024 11:07:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

According to a Live Science report, excavators from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences working in western Russia at the Gnezdilovo burial ground have uncovered the remains of two people thought to have worked as medieval tax collectors. The first was a man who was between 35 and 40 years of age when he died. He was buried with a bronze belt buckle shaped like a lyre, a knife, a broken ceramic vessel, and a metal battle ax featuring a small hammer at one end and a semicircular notch at its base. This style of ax was popular during the eleventh and twelfth centuries A.D. Nearby, a man who was between 25 and 30 years old at the time of death was buried in a wooden structure. His grave also contained a lyre-shaped buckle, a lock, a knife with traces of a sheath remaining, stirrups, a buckle for fastening a saddle's girth, and a similar battle ax. The investigation also uncovered a series of weights, thought to have been used by the men to weigh the coins they had collected. To read about an eleventh- or twelfth-century silver hoard uncovered in southwestern Russia, go to "Russian River Silver."

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; middleages; taxes
Battle ax, stirrups, and lock found in the burial
Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

1 posted on 08/16/2024 11:07:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 08/16/2024 11:13:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Did anybody report them missing?


3 posted on 08/16/2024 11:15:18 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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To: Jonty30

Also found nearby, a kettle with hardened tar inside and a pillowcase that scientists think may have contained feathers.


4 posted on 08/16/2024 11:48:56 PM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: SunkenCiv
"Remains of Possible Medieval Tax Collectors Found in Russia"

Death and tax collectors. Certainly!
5 posted on 08/16/2024 11:56:45 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: clearcarbon

Heh...


6 posted on 08/17/2024 1:47:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Did they have a voter registration cards indicating they were Democrats?


7 posted on 08/17/2024 5:12:00 AM PDT by Busywhiskers ("Once you have wrestled, everything else in life is easy" -Dan Gable)
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To: SunkenCiv

Did it appear that the knife and battle ax were worn, or did it appear that they might’ve been, uh, buried in the two men…


8 posted on 08/17/2024 6:23:38 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Busywhiskers

Must have he was a tax collector


9 posted on 08/17/2024 6:48:03 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: SunkenCiv

“Remains of Possible Medieval Tax Collectors Found in Russia”

Surprised they didn’t blame Putin for this.


10 posted on 08/17/2024 7:23:47 AM PDT by BobL
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