1,600-Year-Old Skeleton Found Hiding Inside Jar With 2 Knives Raises More Questions Than Answers
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1,600-Year-Old Skeleton Found Hiding Inside Jar With 2 Knives Raises More Questions Than Answers
Archaeologists with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences found the skeletal remains of a young man hidden in a 5th century jar. Now they want to know how he got there.
In Bulgaria, archaeologists have discovered a human skeleton inside a giant Roman dolium jug on the territory of the ancient colony of Deultum. The deceased tried to hide in a large ceramic vessel during an enemy attack and fire more than 1600 years ago. Scientists found the remains of a young man in the north tower of the western gate, along with two iron knives and a belt, said archaeologist from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Lyudmyl Vagal…
Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered a human skeleton inside a giant Roman jug. The man probably sought refuge in a vessel during an enemy attack more than 1600 years ago, but died when a fire swept through the area.
A 1,600-year-old skeleton found in a giant jar in Bulgaria may belong to a Roman who hid there to escape enemy attacks. Read more here: A Roman Hid Inside This Jar to Escape His Enemies - Archaeophile.
Archaeologists found in Bulgaria a skeleton of Roman time lying in a huge food storage vessel, which appears to have been hidden in it by a man during an enemy attack on the Deultum colony in about 400 C.E., as reported by Live Science.
An unusual archaeological discovery made in Bulgaria provides a disturbing picture of a violent episode over 1,600 years ago.
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