This post is about the different tombs being found around the world. There are some interesting discoveries and we will just link to them, post a quote and leave it at that.
#1. Archaeologists find unique luxury goods in medieval graves
Excavations of two richly furnished graves dated from the 6th century AD, revealed numerous artefacts that includes an ivory comb depicting animal scenes, and an African bowl with enigmatic characters.
General Conservator Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mathias Pfeil, head of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation said: “The finds must have been extremely luxurious for the time. They show how far people’s contact reached, even after the dissolution of the Roman Empire.
How such exotic artefacts came to be within the Nördlinger Ries region is speculated, but it is suggested that they were originally tributes from when the area was under Franconian rule.
The comb was discovered within the grave of a 40-to-50-year-old man, who was buried alongside a long sword, a lance, a shield, and a battle axe. Combs as grave goods occur more frequently in the early Middle Ages, but are rarely made from ivory and lack the finesse and quality of the Nördlinger Ries discovery. Conversation of the comb shows that it depicts secular hunting scenes with gazelle-like creatures jumping away from predators not indigenous to Germany.
#2. Archaeologists in Egypt reveal tomb of Ramses II’s chief treasurer
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the tomb of Batah-M-Woya, who was chief treasurer in the time of King Ramses II.The tomb is located in Saqqara, a huge necropolis south of Cairo, according to a statement from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities published Saturday.Saqqara has been the site of a string of astonishing finds in recent years, and this latest discovery is the work of a team of archaeologists from Cairo University.In addition to the tomb of the former treasurer, the team also uncovered the tombs of a number of dignitaries, including a military leader called Hor Mohib
An archaeological mission from the Cairo University has discovered the interior of a tomb at the Saqqara necropolis near Giza Pyramids, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement.
The tomb belonged to Ptahemwia, an official who served under King Ramses II in the 19th Dynasty around 3,300 years ago, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.
“The importance of discovering this tomb is due to the positions held by its owner, who was a royal scribe, head of the treasury, chief overseer of the cattle and also in charge of divine offerings at the temple of Ramses II in Thebes (Upper Egypt),” said Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The excavations of Cairo University’s Faculty of Archaeology at Saqqara necropolis started in the 1970s and the actual search for royal tombs began in the 1980s, which led to the discovery of several tombs from the Ramesside Period, according to Ahmed Ragab, dean of the faculty.
But the current mission, led by archaeology professor Ola el-Aguizy, has been working in the site since 2005 and has recently unveiled the entrance and interior of Ptahemwia’s tomb.
It looks like #2 and #3 are the same discovery but under different sources. They were placed under different links at the news site we look at frequently.
#4. Discovery of ancient Peruvian burial tombs sheds new light on Wari culture
A team of archeologists in northern Peru discovered the remains of 29 people, including three children, that could help experts rewrite the history of the pre-Incan Wari civilization, the lead researcher said on Friday.
The skeletons were buried more than 1,000 years ago in Huaca Santa Rosa de Pucala, an ancient ceremonial center in the coastal region of Lambayeque, 750 kilometers to the north of Lima.
The burials of the three children and a teenager at the front of the temple indicated they were human sacrifices from the Wari culture, Edgar Bracamonte, the lead researcher, told AFP.
It is the first time a discovery linked to the Wari civilization has been made this far from their area of influence, said Bracamonte.
They were found earlier this month under Nancy Spains pub as the site was being cleared for a social housing project.
Cork City Council archaeologist Ciara Brett said the Barrack Street remains appear to be from the 18th century or earlier.
Speaking to RTE’s Morning Ireland, she said that the excavation will be finished by the end of the week.
She added that the remains will be examined by the osteoarchaeologist who will “identify quite a lot of things, such as the sex of the individuals, possible age of them, whether they are adult or juvenile”.
They will also be dated by radiocarbon dating as soon as they can be moved from the area.
#6. ‘Sensational’ fugitive skeleton found at Herculaneum
Archaeologists have made what Culture Minister Dario Franceschini described as a “sensational” new find at Herculaneum, the partially mutilated skeleton of a 40-45-year-old man whom the avalanche of fire and gas from Vesuvius stopped at a mere step from the sea and the mirage of salvation, Archaeological Park Director Francesco Sirano has told ANSA in an exclusive, 25 years after the last digs at the ancient Roman town buried by the volcano.
The discovery may shed fresh light on the last moments of life of the town a few kilometres from Pompeii, Sirano said.
“It’s a find form which we expect an awful lot,” he said.
Franceschi said “this is a sensational discovery”.He said “the sensational discovery of the remains of a fugitive at the archaeological site of Herculaneum is great news, first of all because the find is due to the resumption in this place, after almost 30 years, of scientific excavations conducted by the ministry’s technical staff.
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