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Posted by yellowcat (U218155) on Monday, 5th April 2010
Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:56 GMT
A 1,000-pound lead coffin has been found by archaeologists in the abandoned ancient city of Gabii, Italy.
Yellowcat,
thank you for the mentioning and welcome to the history messageboards.
Kind regards,
Paul.
Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:57 GMT, in reply to PaulRyckier in message 2
Thanks for the welcome, I am usually on the science board but that is getting clogged with threads about climate change. I came across that article and thought it looked very interesting. I hope we hear more about this once further research has been done.
Good morning yellowcat… read your post last night… worst thing I could have done. I’ve not long woken from spending a large part of the night delving into the website you suggested. Totally fascinating… so glad I bothered… thanks so much… got a cup of tea now so I’m back off to the science room.
Kind regards bandick…
The example below of a lead coffin was recovered from late Roman london. It is pretty certain the occupant was high status in the London example, and I would think, in the Italian example.
I wonder if the rarity of these things is connected to switching from pagan to Christian burial methods. If the Italian city was abandoned around this time, it might help expalin the rarity.
From the London coffin link :
"Dr Thurley said the left arm of the skeleton was folded across the chest, suggesting a Christian burial"
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