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Ancient skeleton discovered in Rome - Caesar's Forum
AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/30/06 | AP

Posted on 05/30/2006 4:54:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

ROME - Archaeologists said Tuesday they have dug up a woman skeleton dating to the 10th century B.C. in an ancient necropolis in the heart of Rome.

The well-preserved skeleton appears to be that of a woman aged about 30, said Anna De Santis, one of the archaeologists who took part in the excavations under the Caesar's Forum, part of the sprawling complex of the Imperial Forums in central Rome.

An amber necklace and four pins were also found near the 5.25 foot-long skeleton, she said.

The bones, dug up Monday, would likely be put on display in a museum after being examined further, De Santis said.

It was the first skeleton to be found in the 3,000-year-old necropolis, she said. Early this year, a funerary urn that contained human ashes, as well as bone fragments that appeared to be from a sheep, were found in one of the necropolis' tombs.

Alessandro Delfino, another archaeologist who took part in the excavations, said Monday's discovery highlighted a "social change" in the funerary habits of the people who dwelled in the area, from incinerating to burying the dead.

Experts have said the necropolis was destined for high-ranking personalities — such as warriors and ancient priests — heading the tribes and clans that lived in small villages scattered on hills near the area that later spawned one of the world's greatest civilizations.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ancient; caesarsforum; discovered; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; necropolis; rome; skeleton
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To: NormsRevenge

I am going to Italy in a few days. Maybe I will get a chance to see the site!


21 posted on 05/30/2006 9:16:47 PM PDT by technochick99 ( Firearm of choice: Sig Sauer....)
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To: Donald Meaker; Claud
So was this before, or after Aeneas came from Troy? Who knows, it may even be Latvinia, his (second, Italian) wife.

Only if you don't think Lavinia was buried in Lavinium or Alba Longa, which were the chief Trojan/Latin cities at the time (if you believe the legends).

Wasn't much going on at the site of Rome at that time, I don't think.
22 posted on 05/30/2006 9:23:10 PM PDT by Antoninus (Ginty for US Senate -- NJ's primary day is June 6 -- www.gintyforsenate.org)
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To: spinestein

Don't show Bill that skeleton! He'll get a boner from it!


23 posted on 05/30/2006 10:56:39 PM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen, Meers.)
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To: Antoninus; Donald Meaker
So was this before, or after Aeneas came from Troy? Who knows, it may even be Latvinia, his (second, Italian) wife.

About 200 years after, if you go by the chronology of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, who dated the landing of Aeneas at 1183 B.C. Antoninus is right--there wasn't much going on at Rome at the time--Alba Longa was the real political center of Latium. But there are a few indications even in legend that there was some settling in Rome prior to Romulus and Remus.

Interesting find though; this period in Italian history is notoriously dim.

24 posted on 06/01/2006 7:35:48 AM PDT by Claud
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To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
A Blast from the Past (May 2006) which never got pinged.

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25 posted on 12/07/2006 10:21:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: quark

Nonono. Someone who DIED 3 thousand years ago, not someone 3 thousand years old.....


26 posted on 12/07/2006 10:25:18 PM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: NormsRevenge

Did the pics show anything interesting?


27 posted on 12/07/2006 11:43:33 PM PST by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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