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- Viking boat burial site ‘could boost tourism’
- Couple Held Hands for 1,500 Years
- Part of ancient wall collapses at Pompeii due to heavy rains
- Redditch man makes major archaeological discovery
- Ancient Roman wall collapses at Pompeii after flash storms
| Viking boat burial site ‘could boost tourism’ Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:27 AM PDT THE discovery of a Viking boat burial site in the Highlands could boost tourism in the area if some of the artefacts can be retained at Ardnamurchan, it was claimed yesterday. Local sources have confirmed that talks will be held to discuss the possibility of creating a new centre or exhibition space to house items from the burial site at Kilchoan. Archaeologists revealed that the 16ft grave unearthed on the Ardnamurchan peninsula is the first fully-intact boat burial site to be found on the UK mainland. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Couple Held Hands for 1,500 Years Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:25 AM PDT The skeletal remains of a Roman-era couple reveal the pair has been holding hands for 1,500 years. Italian archaeologists say the man and woman were buried at the same time between the 5th and 6th century A.D. in central-northern Italy. Wearing a bronze ring, the woman is positioned so she appears to be gazing at her male partner. "We believe that they were originally buried with their faces staring into each other. The position of the man's vertebrae suggests that his head rolled after death," Donato Labate, the director of the excavation at the archaeological superintendency of Emilia-Romagna, told Discovery News. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Part of ancient wall collapses at Pompeii due to heavy rains Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:21 AM PDT Spokeswoman Daniela Leone said Saturday an external layer of a roughly two-meter (six-foot) section of wall collapsed at the northern end of the ancient ruins. Leone said it was of no artistic value and stressed that the wall itself remained standing. The area was closed to the public. There were two collapses at the 2,000-year-old archaeological site last year, emphasizing concerns about the state of Italy's cultural treasures. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Redditch man makes major archaeological discovery Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:19 AM PDT A METAL detecting enthusiast from Redditch has uncovered Worcestershire's largest ever archaeological hoard. Jethro Carpenter found almost 4,000 Roman coins at Bredon Hill near Evesham - a major significance not only for the county but also the country. Mr Carpenter, 43, was walking with friend Mark Gilmore when their metal detectors registered 'overload'. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Ancient Roman wall collapses at Pompeii after flash storms Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:17 AM PDT Rome (AFP) - Part of an ancient Roman wall has collapsed at the archaeological site of Pompeiii in southern Italy following flash floods and storms across the country, a spokeswoman said Saturday. The wall, built with the Roman "opus incertum" technique using irregularly shaped stones and concrete, collapsed on a stretch of the ancient city's external walls, near the Porta di Nola, in an area open to the public. An archaeological team is assessing the damage but there is no risk to public safety, the spokeswoman told AFP. Read the rest of this article...  |
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