Three perfectly-preserved Roman skeletons have been discovered buried underneath a takeaway in Lincoln.
It’s thought they are part of the same burial ground where 23 skeletons were unearthed in a 2015 dig.
One of the graves contained a burial pot which would have been filled with a drink to take to the afterlife.
UNVEIL CAESAR Three perfectly-preserved Roman skeletons found by stunned diggers buried beneath Lincoln takeaway
Discovery thought to form part of a larger burial ground discovered in 2015
By Carl Stroud
4th July 2018
The Sun
THREE perfectly-preserved Roman skeletons have been discovered buried underneath a takeaway in Lincoln.
It’s thought they are part of the same burial ground where 23 skeletons were unearthed in a 2015 dig.
This skull was among three perfectly preserved Roman skeletons discovered under a takeaway in Lincoln
One of the graves contained a burial pot which would have been filled with a drink to take to the afterlife.
They were unearthed at the former site of the Taste Of Marrakesh restaurant in the city centre where a development of 400 student flats is to be built.
Among the discoveries were some from the medieval era - including cellars, wells and a bone ice skate.
Network Archaeology and city archaeologist Alastair Macintosh have spent a month on the dig in collaboration with developer Jackson & Jackson.
One of the graves contained a burial pot which would have been filled with a drink to take to the afterlife
Claire Lingard, a director of Network Archaeology, said: "There are three burials which are all believed to be male.
"Logic dictates they were buried in the same burial ground as the earlier finds of 23 skeletons.
"One is buried with a votive pot which we think is late fourth century and that enables us to date the burial.
"The pot would have been filled with a drink to take to the afterlife and that's a ritual that was common in the Roman period.”
Archaeologists made the discoveries on a site where student accommodation is to be built
She added: "The medieval finds are really fascinating.
"I like the skate made from animal bone - you can imagine the owner skating on the Brayford.”
Work is now ongoing to catalogue, date and archive the finds.
It comes after the remains of King Richard III were discovered under a car park in Leicester in 2012.
Richard Buckley, lead archaeologist at the University of Leicester, said tests on the full remains proved they were the king’s “beyond reasonable doubt”.
Richard III’s demise was dramatised by Shakespeare, who had the king calling out “a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse” before he was killed on battlefield.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6693783/roman-skeletons-lincoln-take-away-viking-house/
It’s thought they are part of the same burial ground where 23 skeletons were unearthed in a 2015 dig.
One of the graves contained a burial pot which would have been filled with a drink to take to the afterlife.
UNVEIL CAESAR Three perfectly-preserved Roman skeletons found by stunned diggers buried beneath Lincoln takeaway
Discovery thought to form part of a larger burial ground discovered in 2015
By Carl Stroud
4th July 2018
The Sun
THREE perfectly-preserved Roman skeletons have been discovered buried underneath a takeaway in Lincoln.
It’s thought they are part of the same burial ground where 23 skeletons were unearthed in a 2015 dig.
This skull was among three perfectly preserved Roman skeletons discovered under a takeaway in Lincoln
One of the graves contained a burial pot which would have been filled with a drink to take to the afterlife.
They were unearthed at the former site of the Taste Of Marrakesh restaurant in the city centre where a development of 400 student flats is to be built.
Among the discoveries were some from the medieval era - including cellars, wells and a bone ice skate.
Network Archaeology and city archaeologist Alastair Macintosh have spent a month on the dig in collaboration with developer Jackson & Jackson.
One of the graves contained a burial pot which would have been filled with a drink to take to the afterlife
Claire Lingard, a director of Network Archaeology, said: "There are three burials which are all believed to be male.
"Logic dictates they were buried in the same burial ground as the earlier finds of 23 skeletons.
"One is buried with a votive pot which we think is late fourth century and that enables us to date the burial.
"The pot would have been filled with a drink to take to the afterlife and that's a ritual that was common in the Roman period.”
Archaeologists made the discoveries on a site where student accommodation is to be built
She added: "The medieval finds are really fascinating.
"I like the skate made from animal bone - you can imagine the owner skating on the Brayford.”
Work is now ongoing to catalogue, date and archive the finds.
It comes after the remains of King Richard III were discovered under a car park in Leicester in 2012.
Richard Buckley, lead archaeologist at the University of Leicester, said tests on the full remains proved they were the king’s “beyond reasonable doubt”.
Richard III’s demise was dramatised by Shakespeare, who had the king calling out “a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse” before he was killed on battlefield.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6693783/roman-skeletons-lincoln-take-away-viking-house/
