Graveyard Yields Secrets Of Ancient World (Ireland)

BBC ^ | 1-5-2006 | Shane Harrison

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[TaxRelief]

They can not excavate sacred ground, I believe.

[devolve]

bump

[Conservative Youth]

Good post. God Bless 'em.

[meanie monster]

I can 99% most of the time tell it is your posts by just reading the title....cool post. :)

[Tax-chick]

It doesn't look like they were "excavating" in the strict sense, just clearing brush and accumulated debris. A real excavation, digging up graves, would require a major paperwork effort with the Church authorities as well as (one assumes) the local and national governments.

[potlatch]

Very interesting article but sad to think that it was left to deteriorate like that over all the years.

A local church in a town between us and Goliad, Tx - which is very historical with two 'mission-forts' - discovered an old Indian burial place while preparing land for a new parking lot.

They were delayed for a long time but I believe they were allowed to relocate the burial grounds to a nearby spot.

[dixiechick2000]

Nice post, blam.


"tombs in the shape of Celtic crosses, dating back 1100 years"


WOW!
What a very interesting article.

Thanks for the ping, devolve.

[Mike Darancette]

Ireland is a neat place, you've got to admire a culture with a hero named Finn McCool.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[SunkenCiv]

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[wafflehouse]

great post!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Correct - when it comes criminal investigations, warrants are required, I don't know what the procedures are for archaeological digs - but I imagine there is a lot of paperwork.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

ping.

[Tax-chick]

I figured ... almost *nothing* can be done without a ream of paperwork these days.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

HEHE, future archaeological digs will unearth lots of red tape!!

[Lazamataz]

The thing about the ancient world is, they only had 300 baud modems.

It was completely barbaric.

[Tax-chick]

Shredded printer paper, at least ... or maybe it will be recycled.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Shredded printer paper, at least ... or maybe it will be recycled.

Recycled? That means future archaeologists may not find anything!!