A massive grave site thousands of years old was discovered at the Monastery of St. Barnabas

HR Net/Cyprus Times ^ | 7-24-2005

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A massive grave site thousands of years old was discovered at the Monastery of St. Barnabas in the occupied areas of Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot daily CYPRUS TIMES newspaper (24.07.05) reports that a major archaeological discovery was made recently at the Monastery of St. Barnabas, after the wheel of a tourist bus disappeared into a hole revealing an underground chamber. The so-called authorities of the Antiquities and Museums Department at occupied Famagusta, headed by Mr Hasan Tekel, were informed and a subsequent investigation, in the form of a dig has uncovered a massive grave site thousands of years old covering Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.

A team of archaeologists have unearthed a limestone grave site with steps leading to interconnecting chambers, to which the Romans added more tombs at a later time making this site very rich discovery.

Many items found include amphorae, gold and bronze jewellery, beads, tear-shaped perfume bottles and vases, oil lamps, a fine terracotta statue of a veiled virtuous woman, and many pottery items including one large bowl still containing the remains of a meal left for the deceased to eat in the afterlife.

Mr Tekel said that excavations of this multi-period historical grave site will continue for many years to come due to the sheer size of the project, thus adding to the already rich historical past of the St. Barnabas Monastery complex.

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"I don't think it would be worthwhile to try to get everyone sorted out by what list they want, considering most would want more than one. :')"

Okay, no problemo.

[SunkenCiv]

I'm not sure, but I think GGG is a little broader perhaps than originally intended, but I'm also not too sure that the History Ping List is still active. I ran across it once in an older topic I think.

[hineybona]

my buddy works at Hunter College in NYC.The NY Times once did an article on the school and quoted an Authority they spoke to at the school. It was the basis of their report ..He was the head custodian as it turns out( technically he WAS an AUTHORITY , just not on the subject at hand , thats all ). My buddy was good friends with him and he told them the whole story .They both had a good laugh and never read the Times again after that.

[ruoflaw]

This is all history and I am interested in all of it! I appreciate all that Blam and you do!

[Publius6961]

I'm beginning to wonder if we shouldn't start a history division of the GGG list?What do you think?

: )

I've been filing these articles under "History" forever.

My second choice was "shovels".