Rare Roman burial found inside giant ceramic jar in Turkey, a first for the Black Sea region

Rare Roman burial found inside giant ceramic jar in Turkey, a first for the Black Sea region

At Hadrianopolis in northern Turkey, archaeologists uncovered a Roman-era burial placed inside an enormous ceramic storage jar. Researchers said it appears to be the first find of its kind in the inland western Black Sea region. What happened? According to Heritage Daily, the discovery was made near present-day Eskipazar in Karabük Province, where archaeologists identified a pithos tomb — a burial inside a large clay jar typically used in antiqu…