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| Archaeologist Alex Starkie uncovers a skull |
Archaeologists working in Oxford city centre have unearthed bones that could be more than 2,000 years old.
A team of archaeologists has been excavating a site between St Giles and Blackhall Road since mid January - and last week the diggers struck bone, uncovering what could be a mass grave.
Seven bodies, believed to date to the Roman or Saxon period, have been found at the site.
Sean Wallis, project officer for Reading-based Thames Valley Archaeological Services, said "The whole of the site has been quite dense with archaeology but the area that the bodies turned up we only started on last week.
"We've got legs and arms and torsos at the moment but we haven't got any full skeletons.
"We are speculating they could be Roman but there is a chance they may be from a later date."
The dig is part of planning requirements for the construction of a new quadrangle for St John's College.
5:48pm Tuesday 1st April 2008
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CommentPosted by: Mr Ison, England on 11:59pm Tue 1 Apr 08
Oxfords founding fathers really cannot have envisioned their seat of power would be overun by such disrespectful persons.
Only a foreigner would disturb their rest and that was not going to happen as Treason is punishable by death.
No one knows who they were and yet their wisdom remains.
Oxfords founding fathers really cannot have envisioned their seat of power would be overun by such disrespectful persons.
Only a foreigner would disturb their rest and that was not going to happen as Treason is punishable by death.
No one knows who they were and yet their wisdom remains.
Posted by: Nick, Oxford Brookes on 11:21am Wed 2 Apr 08
Your wierd...
Posted by: Tony Brett, Oxford on 12:44pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Your weird what?
Or do you mean:
You're weird ?
Your weird what?
Or do you mean:
You're weird ?
Posted by: alan page on 12:59pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Tony, He's a student.
What do you expect? H probably means "wired"!
Tony, He's a student.
What do you expect? H probably means "wired"!
Posted by: Tom D, Oxford on 1:43pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[quote][bold]Mr Ison[/bold] wrote:
Oxfords founding fathers really cannot have envisioned their seat of power would be overun by such disrespectful persons. Only a foreigner would disturb their rest and that was not going to happen as Treason is punishable by death. No one knows who they were and yet their wisdom remains.[/quote] Since the Crime and Disorder Act of 1998 the penalty for treason is a mere life imprisonment, so no their wisdom does not remain.
Mr Ison wrote:
Oxfords founding fathers really cannot have envisioned their seat of power would be overun by such disrespectful persons. Only a foreigner would disturb their rest and that was not going to happen as Treason is punishable by death. No one knows who they were and yet their wisdom remains.
Since the Crime and Disorder Act of 1998 the penalty for treason is a mere life imprisonment, so no their wisdom does not remain.
Posted by: BioHazard on 4:51pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Were there any dog bones with the human ones, or any Big Issues written on parchment.
Were there any dog bones with the human ones, or any Big Issues written on parchment.
Posted by: Ben Blake, South Dakota, USA on 9:47pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Come on now... Do you think they will find an skulls? I seriously doubt it. We were (pir ancestors) the "Head Hunters" of the Iron Age, worshiping the Cult of the Human Head.
Come on now... Do you think they will find an skulls? I seriously doubt it. We were (pir ancestors) the "Head Hunters" of the Iron Age, worshiping the Cult of the Human Head.
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 10:33pm Wed 2 Apr 08
And yet the timeless wisdom does remain.
And yet the timeless wisdom does remain.
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