The Booty Report

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Avast! Homeowner stumbles upon ancient pirate beds whilst fixin' his dank dungeon! What treasure lurks beneath? Arrr!

2024-10-17

Arrr, in the frosty chill o’ 2023-2024, a landlubber in the Parisian burbs be diggin’ in his hold, when lo! He uncovers a bony matey hidin’ in the depths! So, he summoned the treasure hunters—those archaeologists—to plunder the mystery of the basement beastie! Savvy?

Ahoy mateys! Gather 'round fer a tale o' bones and buried treasure! In the frosty winter o' 2023-2024, a landlubber in a Parisian suburb stumbled upon a skeleton in his basement, sending the archaeologists o' Archeodunum Research Center a-callin'. What a find, ye scallywags! One bony lad turned into a whole horde o' 38 burials hidin' in four rooms!

As the treasure-hunters dug deeper, they unearthed a graveyard from the Middle Ages, once thought to be linked to a chapel built atop a pagan site. Aye, the chapel be as old as a sea shanty from the 7th century, though no sturdy evidence remained. But lo! The graves, older than a pirate's tales, dated back to the 3rd century A.D.!

These ancient souls were laid to rest in fancy plaster sarcophagi, but, alas, they were as bare as a shipwrecked sailor! Each sarcophagus held only one skeleton, unlike the Roman times when they were crammed into wooden boxes like sardines in a barrel.

Now, the clever scholars be investigatin' who these poor souls were, hopin' to uncover their secrets and unravel the mysteries of how the dead were honored through the ages. So, raise a tankard to the past, and let the digging continue!

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