Tag: tomb

Human burials affect the environment for millennia

May 24, 2017

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Vivienne Bates

in Death, Memorial, Project, Research

Ladislav Smejda “Every puff of wind … may blow the father into the sons eyes… Every grain of dust that flies here, is a piece of a Christian…” John Donne, English poet and cleric (1572-1631) People have always been intrigued by what happens to their soul and mortal remains after death. The material part of…
Shakespearean Exhumations: The Neolithic Romeo and Juliet

Dec 6, 2016

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Philip Schwyzer

in Death, Memorial, Project, Research, Work

In my first public presentation of DEEPDEAD research, I gave a paper at the British Shakespeare Association conference in Hull, UK (October 2016), on “Shakespearean Exhumations.” Here’s a snippet of the talk: In February 2007, a team of Italian archaeologists led by Elena Menotti announced a remarkable discovery. Digging in a Neolithic necropolis in Valdaro,…