The soldiers will brandish torches to light the way at the start of the
Countess of Chester Hospital’s Moonlight Walk and will then be
marshalling and cheering the women along the 13 mile route around the
city.
The Moonlight Walk is a 13-mile women only walk taking place at midnight on Saturday, June 21.
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS
have dug up the skeletons of 16 horses and a two-wheeled chariot in a
grave dating back to the Roman Empire in north-east Greece, the culture
ministry announced today.
Half of the horses were
buried in pairs, whilst two human skeletons were also discovered in a
dig near Lithohori, in the Kavala region.
Near to the remains of six of the horses archaeologists found a shield, weapons and various other accessories.
Ten of the horse skeletons were complete, and in addition to the
horses, diggers found a grave and four tombs covered with a ceramic
lid, which contained four bronze coins dating back to the fourth
century AD.
The chariot, dating from the first or second century AD, was
“undoubtedly designed to be used in war or hunting”, the ministry said.
The chariot was decorated with a frieze relief in bronze, depicting
three of Hercules’ labours: namely, the Cerberus dog, the wild boar of
Erymanthian, and the Stymphalian birds.
The ministry said that in 2007 archaeologists discovered a chariot
wheel placed underneath two horse skeletons in the same area.
These excavations were begun to mark the beginning of work on a new
motorway linking the Ionian Sea in the west with the Greek-Turkish
border.
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From Gazette series
A TREASURE trove of Roman history has been revealed at Thornbury Museum.
The sight of 200 of the now infamous hoard of coins led to rapturous applause at Saturday’s unveiling.
Television archaeologist Mark Horton officially opened the Roman exhibition, including the 1700-year-old coins which were discovered in a Thornbury back garden in 2004.
More than 100 people packed out the tiny Coins Room to catch a glimpse of the Nummi coins, which were allowed to be moved to Thornbury Museum after a £10,000 security upgrade.
Sandi Shallcross, chairman of the trust which runs the museum, said: “It was a really exciting morning. We had two Roman guards parading around the museum, guarding the door and the case with the coins in.
“We are all delighted and feel very lucky to have the coins on show in Thornbury.”
The coins are part of a hoard which was discovered by father-of-three Ken Allen while he was digging a new fishpond in his garden, which totals more than 11,000 coins.
Special permission was granted to move a small number of the coins from Bristol Museum and Galleries to Thornbury following public demand.
The coins will be on permanent display at the museum during opening hours (Tuesday to Friday 1-4pm and Saturday 10am-4pm).
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