January 26, 2004
Death in Roman Cumbria
The victim of a murder in Carlisle in the 3rd Century AD is to be part of an exhibition looking at the Roman way of death.From the BBC. The exhibition is to be titled, "Into the Hands of the Shades - Death in Roman Cumbria".His skeleton was found in a well in the city during the 1980s - he had been shot in the head and attacked with a sword.
Archaeologists named him 'Duncan', and a £24,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund will fund a reconstruction of his face and exhibition at the Tullie House Museum in Carlisle.
Posted by David on January 26, 2004 6:27 PM
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Shot?
Offhand, I cannot come up with a single word for bowshot, but surely the BBC could. If it was an arrow: slingshot? Or just a heavy blow, as in "a shot to the head" during a boxing match?
Posted by: John Anderson on January 28, 2004 9:43 AM
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