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  • Dig Under Manezh Yields Suprises

    06/02/2004 1:59:17 PM PDT · by blam · 11 replies · 477+ views
    Itar-Tass ^ | 6-2-2004 | Kevin O'flynn
    Wednesday, June 2, 2004. Dig Under Manezh Yields Surprises By Kevin O'Flynn Staff Writer Itar-Tass Alexander Veksler showing a rare sword from the 13th or 14th century that was dug up from beneath the Manezh hall. She was a fashionable young woman of her time. Wealthy and sophisticated, with a bracelet on one arm and rings, she was buried close to the Kremlin -- where she lay entombed for about 850 years. The young woman is among 40 human remains, a centuries-old sword, a rare Peter the Great coin and hundreds of other artifacts unearthed recently beneath the Central Manezh...