6th-Century BC Bone Repository Unearthed in Ancient Greek City of Gela, Sicily

6th-Century BC Bone Repository Unearthed in Ancient Greek City of Gela, Sicily

The acropolis of the ancient Greek city of Gela in Sicily. Credit: wikimedia commons / Davide Mauro CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Gela (Greek: Γέλα), Sicily, have unearthed a well-preserved bone repository dating back to the early sixth century B.C. The discovery, made during excavation work on Via Garibaldi, includes a large clay vessel repurposed as a funerary container for an infant. Human remains were still inside whe…

The city of Gela, in Sicily, surprises again with an archaeological finding that brings new pieces to the mosaic complex of its millenary history. During excavations carried out by the company Enel in the central via Garibaldi, and under the supervision of the Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali, an osteotheca of [...]