Post by TheTravelBug on Nov 26, 2010 11:55:25 GMT
8th November 2010 - The Sofia Echo
A skeleton estimated to be more than 1000 years old was discovered in the western Bulgarian town of Kyustendil during sewage maintenance work, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported on November 8 2010.
Experts describe the find as a "medieval Christian gravesite". As shown by the television footage, the skeleton is in very good condition, intact, with folded upper limps and prostrate legs. It was not damaged by nearby construction work, the report said.
"The skeleton is of a mature male and a Christian one at that," Doichin Grozdanov, archeaologist in Kyustendil, told the BNT.
"According to the positioning of the skeleton, we can deduce that this was a typical Christian funeral. The positioning is also west-east," he added.
The remains will be excavated and taken to a laboratory for an anthropological analysis.
A skeleton estimated to be more than 1000 years old was discovered in the western Bulgarian town of Kyustendil during sewage maintenance work, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported on November 8 2010.
Experts describe the find as a "medieval Christian gravesite". As shown by the television footage, the skeleton is in very good condition, intact, with folded upper limps and prostrate legs. It was not damaged by nearby construction work, the report said.
"The skeleton is of a mature male and a Christian one at that," Doichin Grozdanov, archeaologist in Kyustendil, told the BNT.
"According to the positioning of the skeleton, we can deduce that this was a typical Christian funeral. The positioning is also west-east," he added.
The remains will be excavated and taken to a laboratory for an anthropological analysis.