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May '12

Rich Roman tomb unearthed in Greek Island

Greek archeologists have uncovered an ancient tomb in Fiscardo, a picturesque and beautiful Greek harbour village on the Northern tip of Kefalonia. The tomb measures about 26′x 20′ and contained gold rings and earrings, copper keys, bronze artifacts, coins and vases made of glass and ceramic. The door with two bolts was in perfect working condition and must have gone unnoticed by grave-thieves. The plot discovered adjacent to it seemed like a theater as it had four rows of stone seating. Further digging the place will help identify the exact nature of the monument. Earlier, archaeologists have found a group of Roman urban dwellings – a paved open-air space surrounded by houses, a bath and a cemetery. The new discovery seems to show an important link between ancient Greece and Italy and the important status Fiscardo enjoyed at that time.

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