Discover an entire ancient Roman cemetery under the parking lot

Archaeologists have discovered a 1700-year-old ancient Roman graveyard beneath a parking lot in the city of Leicester in England.

The parking lot seems to be the easiest place to find bones when it is only 3 months away, also in another parking lot in Leicester city, archaeologists have unearthed the skeleton thought to be the king of the country. Mr. Richard III. And more recently, the skeleton of a medieval knight and possibly the tomb of this knight family is also found beneath a car park in Scotland.

Ancient Roman cemetery has just been discovered

The cemetery has just been discovered by the archaeological research team of Leicester University at the intersection of Newarke and Oxford streets, consisting of many graves and remains of 13 people, both men and women of different ages, and is buried in different ways calculated in the direction of the grave; In addition, some of them have personal items such as rings, hairpins, belts and shoes.

Researchers determined that the cemetery existed around 300 AD, and there was no distinction of religious belief in this cemetery. For example, there is a grave facing north-south, the corpse is placed in the same way as a fetus, the first part is moved near the foot along two ceramic vases - most likely a sacrifice for onions. submit to the world after death. According to the researchers, this is a tomb buried in a non-religious cult style.

Rings are engraved with the number IX which is said to be a Christian symbol

Nearby is a Christian tomb, facing the east, has a ring made of polished black stone. The IX symbol is engraved on the ring, which may be a Christian symbol taken from the initials of Jesus in Greek (Iota-Chi, or IX). And if this is true, this will be a rare and valuable evidence of this person's threshold at that time.

Archaeological team of Leicester University and other scientists are implementing a project to analyze bone samples to determine age, gender, cause of death and some other personal information of the skeleton found in this ancient Roman cemetery.