Medieval Cemetery Unearthed By Polish Archaeologists In Sicily Belonged To The Normans

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Medieval Cemetery Unearthed By Polish Archaeologists In Sicily Belonged To The Normans
AncientPages.com | July 18, 2018 

AncientPages.com - Several over 800 year-old graves that could belong to the Normans, have been unearthed by Polish archaeologists excavating a medieval cemetery near the medieval church of San Michele del Golfo near Palermo in Sicily.
 
Based on the 12th century document, the excavated cemetery was once associated with the church hospital, of which traces, however, were not identified. Image credit: S Możdzioch

"Some of the dead buried in the cemetery were undoubtedly members of the elites or the clergy, as the form of some of the graves indicates" - says Prof. Sławomir Moździoch from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wroclaw, who led the excavations.

http://www.ancientpages.com/2018/07/18/medieval-cemetery-unearthed-by-polish-archaeologists-in-sicily-belonged-to-the-normans/

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Flag and anthem of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies
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If you know or even care about world history, you'll know about the "Normans"

Near the same time these French speaking descendants of Norsemen, invaded and conquered England at the Battle of Hastings (1066) some of their cousins conquered the South of Italy.

Various Hq locations were used to rule the area, whilst doing battle with Byzantines, muslims, etc. for control.

Scily was one Hq. and Bari on the Adriatic Sea was another. Kingdom of two sicilies, Kingdom of Naples, etc.

Enjoy the classical musica, and think of your child, pressed into battle over the Kingdom of Montenegro (just a short distance away)

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Flag and anthem of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies
! No longer available

If you know or even care about world history, you'll know about the "Normans"

Near the same time these French speaking descendants of Norsemen, invaded and conquered England at the Battle of Hastings (1066) some of their cousins conquered the South of Italy.

Various Hq locations were used to rule the area, whilst doing battle with Byzantines, muslims, etc. for control.

Scily was one Hq. and Bari on the Adriatic Sea was another. Kingdom of two sicilies, Kingdom of Naples, etc.

Enjoy the classical musica, and think of your child, pressed into battle over the Kingdom of Montenegro (just a short distance away)