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| Jack Linthicum... |
 Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:21 am |
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I can't find the visuals mentioned in scraping the article.
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Italian-builders-uncover-2000yearold-tombs.4061283.jp
Italian builders uncover 2,000-year-old tombsItalian
ARCHAEOLOGISTS were yesterday celebrating the discovery of 27 2,000-
year-old tombs in Italy's "Valley of the Dead".
The tombs, some dating back to the 7th century BC, were found by
chance while builders carried out work.
The whole area was sealed off yesterday and put under police guard to
prevent anyone from trying to steal artefacts inside the burial
chambers.
Grave robbers, or tombaroli as they are known in Italy, make a
lucrative living from selling such objects to museums or private
collectors.
Archaeologists say there is also a "good chance" that there may well
be other tombs waiting to be discovered. The tombs were discovered at
Tarquinia, 50 miles north of Rome in an area named a World Heritage
Site by Unesco.
Covering more than 400 acres, the area was the burial ground for the
Etruscan tribes who predated the Romans. Maria Tecla Castaldi, an
archaeologist, said: "This is the most exciting discovery here in
decades. There are frescoes of two figures on the walls, but we need
to carry out a proper excavation and search.
"The problem we have is that grave robbers have plundered this area in
the last few years, so sometimes we find tombs but they have been
there before us. I hope that we have found tombs that are still
intact."
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