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Tombs discovered between 1892 and 1893 in St. Francis Square, Victoria (Rabat), Gozo Island, Malta. Clay sarcophagus. It contained the remains of several cremated human beings. Its lid, after being broken, was repaired with small riveted lead straps. These burials were probably reused, dating their last use to the second half of the 3rd century AD, as evidenced by the discovery of coins of the emperor Gallienus. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadella de Victoria. Gozo, Malta.
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Caption:
Tombs discovered between 1892 and 1893 in St. Francis Square, Victoria (Rabat), Gozo Island, Malta. Clay sarcophagus. It contained the remains of several cremated human beings. Its lid, after being broken, was repaired with small riveted lead straps. These burials were probably reused, dating their last use to the second half of the 3rd century AD, as evidenced by the discovery of coins of the emperor Gallienus. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadella de Victoria. Gozo, Malta.
Location:
Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadella de Victoria. Gozo, Malta.
Credit:
Album / Prisma
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Image size:
7163 x 3526 px | 72.3 MB
Print size:
60.6 x 29.9 cm | 23.9 x 11.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
3RD CENTURY A. D. • 3RD CENTURY AD • 3RD CENTURY • A. D. 3RD CENTURY • ANCIENT HISTORY • ART • BONNET • BROKEN LID • BURIAL • BURNING CORPSES • BURNING • CAP • CEREMONY • CLAY • COFFIN • COVER • CREMATION • CULT • EPOCA IMPERIAL • EUROPA • EUROPE • FUNERAL CREMATION • FUNERAL RITUAL • FUNERAL • FUNERARY • GOZO ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM • GOZO ISLAND • GOZO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY • GOZO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. CITTADELLA DE VICTORIA. GOZO, MALTA. • GRAVE • HAT • HEADDRESS • HEADGEAR • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HUMAN REMAINS • IMPERIAL AGE • IMPERIAL ERA • INCINERATE • INCINERATION • ISLAND OF GOZO • LEAD STRAPS • LID • MALTA • MEDITERRANEAN SEA • MEDITERRANEAN • MEDITERRANEO • MUD • RABAT • RE-USE OF GRAVES • REIGN OF EMPEROR GALLIENUS • REIGN OF GALLIENUS • RELIGION • REPAIRED • REUSE OF GRAVES • REUSE OF TOMBS • REUSED • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN EMPIRE • ROMAN • ROMANO • ROMANS • S. III DC • S. III • SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE • SARCOFAGO • SARCOPHAGUS • SEPULCHER • SÉPULCRE • SETTING ON FIRE • SIGLO III D. C. • TERRACOTTA • THIRD CENTURY • TOMB
