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Dozens of Roman graves found under York hotel swimming pool
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/ ^ | 4/24/18 | Dan Bea

Posted on 04/25/2018 5:59:12 PM PDT by BBell

MORE than 70 Roman skeletons were discovered on the site of a former hotel in York.

The grade two listed building, formerly the Newington Hotel in Mount Vale Drive, overlooks Knavesmire and has been stripped back by developers to create seven new family houses.

During the renovation of the Georgian building, developers were surprised to find human remains, and the York Archaeological Trust were called in to assist with the recovery.

Developer John Reeves said the development had retained most of its original Georgian features, but the scheme had also involved some "interesting" elements.

He said: "The refurb has not been without its issues. To start with, there were over 60 Roman skeletons found under the old swimming pool, in what was an extension to the Roman burial ground further up Mount Vale. All had to be painstakingly removed, catalogued and investigated by the archaeological trust."

A spokesman for the York Archaeological Trust, said the find was not surprising, given the city's association with the Roman empire, and yielded dozens of finds.

He said: "The property is adjacent to a cemetery excavated by L P Wenham in the 1950s – one of the first Romano-British burial grounds to be fully published in this country and lies about 300m from Driffield Terrace, where a previous YAT excavation in 2004 and 2005 famously uncovered the graves of over 30 decapitated Romans, a number of whom were interpreted as possible gladiators.

"The excavations Lasted three months and 75 graves have been recorded by YAT. The graves were, for the most part, strikingly shallow – something that Wenham had also noted while digging next door – meaning that many of them had been damaged by ploughing throughout the medieval period and 19th century construction."

The spokesman said the cemetery was "demographically diverse", and included "men and women, and individuals of all ages from infants to elderly adults – although they seem to have been broadly of the same social class".

As for the objects found within the graves, Mr Scott said they included "a jet pin", while another individual "had been interred wearing some kind of copper alloy head ornament whose flaky, corroded remains had left a green stain on their forehead".


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To: Deaf Smith

Poltergeist. My thoughts when I saw the headline.

7 posted on 4/25/2018, 6:11:21 PM by PLMerite


21 posted on 04/26/2018 7:42:42 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Berosus
Alas, poor York, I'd heard of it Berosus. The Emperor Constantine was crowned there, if memory serves.

22 posted on 04/26/2018 10:49:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: a fool in paradise
Paul McCartney & Wings- Jet

Paul McCartney & Wings- Jet

23 posted on 04/27/2018 4:16:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: a fool in paradise; Berosus; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; ...
Thanks a fool in paradise and Berosus.
there were over 60 Roman skeletons found under the old swimming pool
At first they thought they'd found another one nearby, but it turned out to be Keith Richards on a chaise lounge.

24 posted on 04/27/2018 4:21:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: BBell

LOL!


25 posted on 04/27/2018 4:31:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: RedMonqey

They did both cremation and inhumation.


26 posted on 04/27/2018 4:32:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

27 posted on 04/27/2018 4:44:08 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Paul’s dead now, miss him, miss him, miss him


28 posted on 04/27/2018 4:46:59 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: SunkenCiv

And Septimius Severus died there.


29 posted on 04/27/2018 4:48:35 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Berosus
" and finally when the Anglo-Saxons (English) got it back, it was called York. Since the last name had only one syllable, everyone stuck with that."

"Look, let me explain something to you. I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That, or His Dudeness … Duder … or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing."

30 posted on 04/27/2018 1:34:33 PM PDT by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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To: Berosus
As did Constantius Chlorus -- apropos, considering the pool.

31 posted on 04/28/2018 5:24:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: a fool in paradise
"'urn me on, deadman."

32 posted on 04/28/2018 5:25:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: a fool in paradise
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/treasured-jacket-of-rolling-stones-founder-brian-jones-to-sell-for-up-to-20-000-g6lkpqntj

33 posted on 04/28/2018 5:31:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Pelham
[pool scene] Uli doesn't care about anything. He's a Nihilist.

34 posted on 04/28/2018 5:34:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

I blame the contractor.


35 posted on 04/28/2018 7:28:03 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Well done!


36 posted on 04/28/2018 1:07:56 PM PDT by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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