12-25-2019, 10:47 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-co...e-50809706
"Breathtaking" Roman and Anglo-Saxon artefacts have been discovered in burial sites near the edge of an airport.
Pots, jugs and jewellery were found in Baginton, next to Lunt Roman Fort and Coventry Airport in Warwickshire.
Archaeologists believe two of the graves contained a "high status" ranking officer and Roman girl, aged between six and 12.
The artefacts could go on display at local museums.
The pieces were found during a dig at a housing development site in summer 2017 but many of the items have only just been officially dated and verified by experts.
Nice - especially considering how many of these pots were found intact . It does seem like quite a lot of items were found in that soldier's grave, suggesting that it could have been someone important.
Sad that the girl died so young, though . I guess it would've been pretty common back then, but even so...
"Breathtaking" Roman and Anglo-Saxon artefacts have been discovered in burial sites near the edge of an airport.
Pots, jugs and jewellery were found in Baginton, next to Lunt Roman Fort and Coventry Airport in Warwickshire.
Archaeologists believe two of the graves contained a "high status" ranking officer and Roman girl, aged between six and 12.
The artefacts could go on display at local museums.
The pieces were found during a dig at a housing development site in summer 2017 but many of the items have only just been officially dated and verified by experts.
Nice - especially considering how many of these pots were found intact . It does seem like quite a lot of items were found in that soldier's grave, suggesting that it could have been someone important.
Sad that the girl died so young, though . I guess it would've been pretty common back then, but even so...
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