Manolo Barón, mayor of Málaga’s city of Antequera, together with Ana Cebrián, deputy mayor for Historic Heritage, and Manolo Romero, director of the Museum and municipal archaeologist, reported at a press conference this Thursday. The new finding, which they described as “amazing”.
about a The site is dated to the 2nd century. c.consisting of more than fifty burials and lasting almost two thousand years. This new Roman necropolis was located around Bobadilla during the Dry Harbor works.
“We spent months preserving this find at our municipal museum. Today we wanted to advance this finding, which was made in the first half of this year.”
“We carried for months preserving this finding In our municipal museum. Today, we wanted to further this finding, which was made in the first half of this year,” explained Ana Cebrián.
Among the discoveries, Grave designated ‘307’. This is a The lead sarcophagus is not uncommon for the time or the region. where was it located. In fact, there is very little that originated in Spain during the Roman period. Inside were two teenagers aged 14-16, one with a baby about three months old in a sarcophagus, and on top of that another teenager with another teenager of the same age, and a “very rare” dowry with 18 glasses. ointments, most of them in near-new condition, and 25 coins from Rome’s most popular game, ‘Ludus latrunculorum’ (‘The Thief’s Game’).
Antequera Dry Harbor Works
The discovery was made during the Dry Antequera Harbor studies. This nearly two-thousand-year-old discovery became the protagonist of the landmark Bobadilla land. great archaeological valueNear the necropolis of Las Maravillas and around the Roman villa of Singilia Barba.
The tomb was moved to the City of Antequera Museum, where it is now preserved, in June.
Even cannot be visited by the public, as it’s not on its terms, but it’s expected to be released soon. The dowry is on temporary display so that it can be visited in the next few days.
Source: Informacion
