G-Manicus Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Click here for more COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copenhagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Archaeologists found necklaces and other personal belongings, as well as ceramics for containing food. "It shows that we're dealing with the wealthy segment of that population," Iversen was quoted as saying. The objects were buried with the deceased "to show that one could afford it, show one's social status." Excavations are due to be completed in early November, according to Roskilde Dagblad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necromaniac Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Click here for more COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copenhagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Archaeologists found necklaces and other personal belongings, as well as ceramics for containing food. "It shows that we're dealing with the wealthy segment of that population," Iversen was quoted as saying. The objects were buried with the deceased "to show that one could afford it, show one's social status." Excavations are due to be completed in early November, according to Roskilde Dagblad. Since the site has been dated at such a late period in the Empire, does anyone think that the graves could contain more "Germanic" soldiers, than Italian, persay? Maybe the soldiers were from the same area, and have been buried there successively over time? Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 I wonder what they mean by "roman" cemetery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 (edited) Click here for more COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copenhagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Archaeologists found necklaces and other personal belongings, as well as ceramics for containing food. "It shows that we're dealing with the wealthy segment of that population," Iversen was quoted as saying. The objects were buried with the deceased "to show that one could afford it, show one's social status." Excavations are due to be completed in early November, according to Roskilde Dagblad. Salve, amici. Interesting indeed, but also very obscure. Regrettably, all the reports that I found on the news have exactly the same story. Here is a related thread about the possible (albeit doubtful) Roman presence in Denmark. Edited October 16, 2007 by ASCLEPIADES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Well very intresting, but it's very confusing too. This should surly have been in the papers here and I've not seen anything about it at all and I read the papers from first to late page every day. Without any more information I get the feeling that this could be a Roman aged cemetary. I will ask some friends who have been working in Denmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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