Italy finds 4,500-year old skeleton of warrior, page 1

Very interesting story in my opinion from Reuters.

ROME (Reuters) – A roughly 4,500 year-old skeleton of a man, probably a warrior killed by an arrow to the chest, has been discovered on a beach south of Rome, Italian police said.

The well-preserved skeleton, dubbed "Nello," was found during a routine flyover around areas of archaeological interest in May that prompted police to probe a fissure in the ground.

"We thought it was that of a Roman solider, but then the experts identified it as dating back to the third millennium B.C.," said Raffaele Mancino, an official with the police division overseeing Italy's cultural heritage.

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3,000 BC... I believe this falls during the time of ancient Greeks. I personally love studying that element of history (mostly because we know so little). I am looking forward to finding out more about this find.

reply to post by TLomon

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Interesting stuff. There's a more detailed article here. It'll be interesting to see if anything else is discovered in the area. Sadly, any findings are liable to take a looooong time to be published.

I guess we have different opinions on when the ancient Greeks got started. When I refer to ancient Greece (and I did just check - and found out my terminology was wrong), I was actually referring to Aegean Civilization, which pre-dates the Greek dark ages. Time line seems to fall in perfectly with the skeletal remains.

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