Now on ScienceBlogs: Surveying the "integrative medicine" landscape (2012 edition)

ScienceBlogs Book Club: Inside the Outbreaks

Aardvarchaeology

Rich First Century Burials Found on Lolland

A rescue excavation at Torreby on the smallish Danish island of Lolland has turned up two wealthy inhumations of the 1st century AD. One is an adult female with silver and gold objects including a finger ring, two S-shaped...

Profile

Martin Rundkvist Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.

Order Mead-halls of the Eastern Geats
Order merchandise

Martin's Amazon.CO.UK Wish List

Search

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Blogroll

« Danish Dolmens | Main | Recommended Reads »

Rich First Century Burials Found on Lolland

Category: Archaeology
Posted on: January 3, 2007 5:13 PM, by Martin R

Torreby%20Berlok.jpg

A rescue excavation at Torreby on the smallish Danish island of Lolland has turned up two wealthy inhumations of the 1st century AD. One is an adult female with silver and gold objects including a finger ring, two S-shaped bead-string hooks, a pear-shaped filigree pendant and a "beaker", as well as a large set of beads. The other is a boy of about 10 with spurs on his feet, a sign of hereditary status. Early Roman Period Lolland is known for the Hoby burial with two exquisite Mediterranean silver drinking cups sporting Homeric motifs in high relief.

I don't know much yet, but here's some information in Danish.

[More blog entries about , , , ; , , , .]

Share on Facebook
Share on StumbleUpon
Share on Facebook

Post a Comment

(Email is required for authentication purposes only. On some blogs, comments are moderated for spam, so your comment may not appear immediately.)





eXTReMe Tracker

ScienceBlogs

Search ScienceBlogs:

Go to:

Advertisement
Follow ScienceBlogs on Twitter

© 2006-2011 ScienceBlogs LLC. ScienceBlogs is a registered trademark of ScienceBlogs LLC. All rights reserved.