l.......that is modern Krefeld-Gellep (D).
What had been planned as a routine "quick 'n dirty" survey near a Roman camp at a building-site at Gellep, turned out to become one of the bigger excavating efforts in Germany nowadays.
http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/die-strasse-der-roemer-wird-sichtbar-aid-1.7024541
First a roman road showed up ....and the some !
http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/blitz-grabung-foerdert-einzigartiges-zu-tage-aid-1.7417655
As it turned out they have excavated more than 35.000 square meters.
http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/sensationsfunde-bei-grabungen-in-gellep-aid-1.6895376
The whole process yielded more that 75 cubic metres ( not cubic feet !
) up to now.
http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/krefeld-roemer-relikte-in-gellep-gefunden-museum-sortiert-muenzen-helme-tote-pferde-aid-1.7550263
Yes that is a grave-/bone yard that is amongst germanys largest of this kind a site.
http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/krefeld-relikte-aus-der-roemerzeit-im-museum-burg-linn-bid-1.7550276#a
Bachground: This is a battlefield firmly dated to 69AD. Romans versus "rebelling" Batavians.
All news written in german -- but there are pics , and .....
They will need quite a while to asses what they have found there by now,
but there will be a special exhibition the nearby museum Burg Linn.
https://www.krefeld.de/de/museum-burg-linn/41-museum-burg-linn
Greez
Simplex
What had been planned as a routine "quick 'n dirty" survey near a Roman camp at a building-site at Gellep, turned out to become one of the bigger excavating efforts in Germany nowadays.
http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/die-strasse-der-roemer-wird-sichtbar-aid-1.7024541
First a roman road showed up ....and the some !
http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/blitz-grabung-foerdert-einzigartiges-zu-tage-aid-1.7417655
As it turned out they have excavated more than 35.000 square meters.
http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/sensationsfunde-bei-grabungen-in-gellep-aid-1.6895376
The whole process yielded more that 75 cubic metres ( not cubic feet !
) up to now.http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/krefeld-roemer-relikte-in-gellep-gefunden-museum-sortiert-muenzen-helme-tote-pferde-aid-1.7550263
Yes that is a grave-/bone yard that is amongst germanys largest of this kind a site.
http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/krefeld-relikte-aus-der-roemerzeit-im-museum-burg-linn-bid-1.7550276#a
Bachground: This is a battlefield firmly dated to 69AD. Romans versus "rebelling" Batavians.
All news written in german -- but there are pics , and .....
They will need quite a while to asses what they have found there by now,
but there will be a special exhibition the nearby museum Burg Linn.
https://www.krefeld.de/de/museum-burg-linn/41-museum-burg-linn
Greez
Simplex
Siggi K.
