accustomed to seeing in the press the discovery of valuable archaeological, artistic rich, owned a general rule were people adinaradas, today we bumps read - and our attention, hence the dedicate a blog entry - the presentation of two pieces unearthed during excavations at Empuries (Alt'Empordá - Girona).
are not made of gold or other precious metal, no, but on clay, poor material. And did not belong to any illustrious sovereign character or not, were of a girl and she accompanied him on his last trip in the boat of Charon to beyond where it stayed for ever "asleep" next to the remains of it, in his grave. These two small dolls. One of the s. BC found in the Greco-Roman city, is a small bakery. Therein lies the curious thing: so far no one had encotraba doll that emulate a profession. Much information for archaeologists in this simple toy!. The other object is a doll features jointed limbs with Greeks.
Excavations which is the archaeologist responsible Joaquin Tremoleda were carried out between June and September 2010 in the area that will occupy the future visitor reception center. Had a budget of 120,000 Euros that have allowed to uncover two cemeteries: one Greek (V century BC to third century), with a total of 30 tombs, and other Roman (II century AD) which 60 burials have been documented. Stresses the high number of burials of children, high infant mortality.
The Archaeology Museum of Catalonia announced it will investigate the relationship between deceased. I trust you will have the public abreast of all developments in the investigation.
Photo: Pere Durán (El País)
