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Jewels From an Ethiopian Grave Reveal 2,000-Year-Old Link To Rome

Posted by samzenpus on from the back-in-the-day dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Archaeologists have discovered jewels from an Ethiopian grave that revealed a 2,000-year-old link to Rome. Louise Schofield, a former British Museum curator, and her team of 11 excavated the ancient city of Aksum for six weeks where the artifacts were found. The treasures offer evidence that the Romans were trading in Aksum hundreds of years earlier than previously thought. Schofield said: “Every day we had shed-loads of treasure coming out of all the graves. I was blown away: I’d been confident we’d find something, but not on this scale."

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  1. I see what they dug there by paiute · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Every day we had shed-loads of treasure coming out of all the graves...." Holy shed, that's a lot of treasure.

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    1. Re:I see what they dug there by asylumx · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Every day we had shed-loads of treasure coming out of all the graves...." Holy shed, that's a lot of treasure.

      I wonder how many Libraries of Congress worth of treasure they ended up with.