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Feb. 7th, 2006 07:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
llywelaWas very interested to hear on the news last night all about the latest development in the excavation of the Newport ship. The discovery of a French coin placed between the keel and stem post is both culturally significant, and helps with the precise dating of the ship - the coin was minted between 1440 and 1456.
This follows the earlier discovery of an Iron Age skeleton underneath the ship...
It's a fascinating site. Hopefully the discoveries will continue for as long as the funding lasts.
/end history and archaeology geek moment
This follows the earlier discovery of an Iron Age skeleton underneath the ship...
It's a fascinating site. Hopefully the discoveries will continue for as long as the funding lasts.
/end history and archaeology geek moment
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Date: 2006-02-07 03:49 pm (UTC)