La Regina Viarum e la via Traiana

Presentaziuone del libro “La Regina Viarum e la via Traiana. Da Benevento a Brindisi nelle foto della collezione Gardner” Edited by Laura Castrianni and Giuseppe Ceraudo. Presented by Stefania Quilici Gigli, Silvio Sallicandro (DELTA 3 Edizioni) and Christopher Smith (BSR) 20 marzo 2014 – h 18:00 Accademia Britannica di Archeologia, Storia e Belle Arti – Via Antonio Gramsci 61, 00197 Roma

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Archaeologists make smelly discovery in Odense

The barrels offer a unique insight into the dietary habits of people living hundreds of years ago  Archaeologists made a stunning, if not stinky discovery during their excavations of I Vilhelm Werners square in Odense on Funen. The digs revealed numerous latrine barrels dating back to the 1300s and still filled with their intended content, proving – among other things – that human excrement still has a putrid odour even if it is centuries old. Many of the barrels, which were found during 2013, are in excellent condition and their…

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