Find intact tombs of athletes in ancient Roman sports

Finding ancient tombs is not unusual in Europe, but finding the tomb of intact Roman athletes in Rome, Italy recently is a rare thing, news website Thevintagenews.com (TVC) July 27 has just updated.

According to TVC, logically, the place where the grave is found is a less noticeable place, so it is intact, such as geographical conditions, weather, farming habits . This is the tomb found In Case Rosse, the western city of Rome happened to be revealed by a bulldozer when it was building the ground for an underground construction project. People call this "Tomb of the athletes" , in which burial of four people, 3 are men aged 30 to 50 and a woman of unknown age.

Antiquities were found in the crypt intact in ancient Rome.

According to Francesco Prosperetti, the archaeological director of the excavation project, casually the bulldozer found the entrance to the crypt, which was immediately reported to the authorities. According to the coin-based archaeologists found next to a skeleton, the grave above dates from 335 to 312 before CN, when Romans are developing at an early stage. The coin shows the head of Minerva on one side, and the horse's head at the other end attached to Romano. In addition, there are many dishes and containers, like rabbits, lamb or goats and chickens. In addition, archaeologists also found two strigil shaped objects. These hook-shaped objects are used by Romans to remove dirt and excess oil in the bath. It is often used by ancient athletes to shave body sweat, so it is buried with the deceased.

Entrance to the crypt.

The quality of glazed pottery found inside the grave shows that the deceased belong to the privileged group. Currently, researchers are analyzing and testing DNA to determine what these people are related to. In addition, archaeologists also conducted research on pollen and plant samples in the tomb to determine the region's flora and laser scans to map the area.

The food is buried as if used as a meal for the deceased.

Preliminary research, archaeologists think this is an unusual tomb, including burial sites. There used to be a volcano that was very strong, so the soil was quite porous. Some artifacts found in the construction of the metro station San Giovanni previously found that this place used to be an ancient city, flourishing and rich.