A fragment of a basket brought to the surface by the team. Photograph: Christoph Gerigk/Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation
Posted on 08/15/2021 1:09:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Goddio has been taken aback by the latest discoveries. He told the Guardian that the fruit baskets were “incredible”, having been untouched for more than 2,000 years.
They were still filled with doum, the fruit of an African palm tree that was sacred for the ancient Egyptians, as well as grape-seeds...
It is within an area where Goddio and his team of archaeologists have discovered a sizeable tumulus (a mound raised over graves) – about 60 metres long by 8 metres wide – and sumptuous Greek funerary offerings.
They date from the early fourth century BC when Greek merchants and mercenaries lived in Thonis-Heracleion...
The finds are all the more intriguing because there were vast quantities of miniature ceramics – high-quality Ancient Greek examples, including amphorae– under the tumulus. Bronze artefacts were around the tumulus, including mirrors and statuettes.
Goddio also found extensive evidence of burning, suggesting a “spectacular” ceremony that led to people being barred from entering this site again. It appears to have been sealed for hundreds of years as none of the artefacts found were from later than the early fourth century, even though the city lived on for several hundred years.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
A fragment of a basket brought to the surface by the team. Photograph: Christoph Gerigk/Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation
Dare ya to try eatin' one...
“Wren’s livers, jaguar’s earlobes, wolf nipple chips. They’re lovely; get them while they’re hot. Otter’s noses, ocelot’s spleens...”
"He's no messiah! He's been a very bad boy!"
If the alternative is a MOOCH school lunch, I'd give it a go...
I think there was some in the last fruit cup I got at McDonalds.
LOL
Heh heh...
No figs or Hummus?
Pomegranates or dates?
5.56mm
Welcome Wagon is a little older than I thought..................
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