Uppsala unearths pagan road of old kings

SloMotion · 10-18-2013, 06:01 AM

Originally Posted by Crusader

Archaeologists digging in old Uppsala have discovered what appears to be a remarkable display of power of a fifth century Swedish chieftain. Massive posts marked the ancient road in perfect alignment for more than a kilometre. ...

... Lucas said that all the digging was done, and the actual site of the ancient road will be gone by next summer as the new East Coast Railway is built ... Gamla Uppsala is already known to archaeologists and historians for its royal burial mounds dating back to the seventh century.

Cool, but they're gonna' put a railway over a historical site like that next summer?

10-18-2013, 06:01 AM	#2
SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Re: Uppsala unearths pagan road of old kings Originally Posted by Crusader Archaeologists digging in old Uppsala have discovered what appears to be a remarkable display of power of a fifth century Swedish chieftain. Massive posts marked the ancient road in perfect alignment for more than a kilometre. ... ... Lucas said that all the digging was done, and the actual site of the ancient road will be gone by next summer as the new East Coast Railway is built ... Gamla Uppsala is already known to archaeologists and historians for its royal burial mounds dating back to the seventh century. Cool, but they're gonna' put a railway over a historical site like that next summer?