Thursday, December 17, 2009

Flowers Found In Bronze Age Grave

In August a four tonne capstone was removed to reveal a burial chamber
near Forteviot in Perthshire Photo: PA


From The Telegraph:


Grieving relatives have been leaving flowers beside the graves of their loved ones for at least 4,000 years, archeologists have found.


A bunch of meadowsweet blossoms were discovered in a Bronze Age grave at Forteviot, south of Perth.

The find is reported in the journal "British Archaeology", out this week.

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