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Roman wooden funerary bed recovered in London


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A Roman wooden funerary bed has been excavated from a Roman cemetery near Holborn viaduct in central London. Also discovered were five oak coffins. The graves survived in the waterlogged burial site microenvironment. The bed had been dismantled before being laid in a grave of a male in his late twenties or early thirties.
 

 

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Other objects recovered elsewhere in the cemetery  included beads. a glass vial with residue, and a decorated lamp.
 

https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/05/flat-packed-furniture-for-the-next-life-roman-funerary-bed-found-in-london

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Here is an excellent video on the find from Professor Trizio (translations available):

 

 

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