Comments on: The Spitalfields Roman Woman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sarah Mulholland https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-1130697 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:15:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-1130697 I remember being really proud as I was the only female archaeologist asked to help carry the lead sarcophagus of site, I was one of six and was at the back with a guy of similar height, it was very heavy. Then a week later we were invited to the museum of London to see her on display, she was amazing. Very interesting article. A blast from the past.

]]> By: Donna https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-1114401 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:49:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-1114401 I have just discovered your website and am looking forward to reading more about London. I have few opportunities to travel to London, as I live in Canada, but she remains one of my central interests in life. I read as much as I can about her, and am so pleased to have found a site which delves into her more hidden and personal aspects. Thank you so much Gentle Author.

]]> By: Mrs. Annette Keith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-1113461 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:49:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-1113461 Good Early Morning, Here in the South, USA along newly built highways, one may still see old cemetery or graves of a family off to the side of the roads. When the highway through Port Gibson, MS USA was being leveled we drove along the side road, where, sad to remark were to graves with lovely marble markers of a husband and wife. Because this is the Bible Belt in the USA the people highly believe in burial not cremation, for the dead to be brought to life again at the “resurrection” at the end of the World??? People here still believe in this and bury their relatives with memorials of their life. We are an aging people citizens of the USA and now look back at a rite or ceremony that is part of a religious belief of respect for the dead.
One day when the USA if it is still a united land, will people look back at the graves as a historic even, opening up caskets, viewing what is left of the body, the hair, teeth, bones, what items were buried with the body-what historic value becomes to some moneyed value.
In the area of Port Gibson, MS USA there are mounds with immense historic value, but are untouchable as if that is the correct term. The Native Americans have reverence for the dead. There in the mound is the body and ceremonial garb of a great warrior-a Chief.
Your readers will wonder why an old American writes this worthless set of words, well, we are some of us Scottish, English, Irish or Roman (if I may) heritage. And sort of think about our comparisons of historic values in finding old burial grounds, even those of our grandparents born in the 1885-1892 in the USA.

]]> By: chris wacker https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-1092850 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 09:29:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-1092850 hi, I love this. I saw a bit of this on the news and a woman who was studying the grave syte said there were glass vials buried w/ the body but she didn’t know what they were. but I think I do .loved ones used them to cry there tears into. morners then placed them in or around the sarcaufegis .sorry about the spelling. dyslexia.

]]> By: Sonia Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-1068953 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:54:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-1068953 Thanks, Gentle Author. The skull is so perfectly preserved that a forensic scientist could make a mold and reproduction, build the lady’s head and features on it with a high degree of accuracy, and let us see what she looked like in life. Wouldn’t that be interesting!

]]> By: Lydia Burns https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-999578 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 23:00:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-999578 do we know what year it dates back to, did I miss that?

]]> By: Paul capaccio https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-992852 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 10:52:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-992852 may she rest in eternal peace . Christ is with her eternally.

]]> By: Clary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-991174 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:03:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-991174 Fascinating. I also liked the curator’s attitude to her charges.
Robert: you can apply to volunteer on a dig here – http://www.mola.org.uk/volunteering

]]> By: Pauline Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-991156 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:52:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-991156 Very interesting, the decoration on the lead coffin is beautiful, the young lady buried in it must have been loved very much and it is good to know that her remains are still being treated with respect. Thank you for this GA.

Pauline.

]]> By: redandblackmanthinks https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/28/the-spitalfields-roman-woman/#comment-991118 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:00:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136592#comment-991118 Fascinating. Thank you for posting.

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