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Ancient mass grave unearthed at Italian gallery thought to contain dozens of plague victims
National Post ^
| February 12, 2014
Posted on 02/12/2014 3:06:15 PM PST by Squawk 8888
Work to expand the Uffizi Gallerys exhibit space has unearthed an ancient cemetery with dozens of skeletons archaeologists say might have been victims of the plague or some other epidemic that swept through Florence during the 4th or 5th century.
Archaeologists and art officials showed reporters Wednesday the excavation at the renowned museum. In five months of digging, archaeologists uncovered 60 well-preserved skeletons in a cemetery apparently made in a hurry, perhaps a mass grave, with bodies laid side-by-side at roughly the same time.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; godsgravesglyphs; italy
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:06:34 PM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Squawk 8888
oh great, now they are uncovering the plague and we’re all gonna die
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:07:13 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: GeronL
That was my thought, along with “this is a great plot for a B horror movie.”
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:08:44 PM PST
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Then we need a Plague-nado ping
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:11:11 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: GeronL
Nah. There is plenty of plague alive in New Mexico. They get a couple of cases a year transmitted to humans.
/johnny
To: GeronL
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:18:54 PM PST
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:23:06 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Squawk 8888
Rest in peace.
Or until some **** with a trowel decides otherwise.
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:30:18 PM PST
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day.)
To: moose07
To be fair, some of the best information about the past, especially about daily life in ancient times, comes from graveyards and garbage dumps.
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:32:25 PM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Squawk 8888
Agreed, I wouldn’t have a problem with it if they returned ‘you’ to site when the investigation is complete, they don’t.
Museum store rooms are full of bones from digs, some dating back decades.
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:39:46 PM PST
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day.)
To: moose07
Or in this case, centuries...
To: Squawk 8888
Headline: Mysterious malady plagues Archaeologists,
art officials and reporters in Italy. Officials
reluctant to say source of deadly virus...
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:47:22 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Squawk 8888
Looks more like the last Californian paying taxes....
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:49:48 PM PST
by
ptsal
(Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
To: GeronL
Those two at the bottom of the picture look happy
though, bunch of kidders.
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:49:52 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:52:23 PM PST
by
MattinNJ
(It's over Johnny. The America you knew is gone. Denial serves no purpose.)
To: Alas Babylon!
Had a feeling my dialect would cause a problem. :)
The bones have been stored for decades, regardless of age.
To clarify, just in case. :)
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:54:39 PM PST
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day.)
To: tet68
*facepalm*
They have just excavated the original “Pirates of the Caribbean” set....
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posted on
02/12/2014 3:54:56 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Squawk 8888
Most of us are far less vulnerable to the plague than the Europeans it killed in the middle ages — natural selection does wonders for cleaning out the gene pool.
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posted on
02/12/2014 4:01:40 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: tet68
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posted on
02/12/2014 4:24:44 PM PST
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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