
Colchester: From Bronze Age to Boudica
The Ancients
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Is There Any Evidence of a Sky Burial in Colchester?
Burial archaeology around this area is telling us more about the burial objects and how people were buried at that time. The richness of the graves of stamway and lexton in colchester really are quite extraordinary. Of course, many empere from the continent, presumably carrying wine or olives, but i think al wast definitly wine. Also folding stall seemed to have been in there, which is emblematic dent. Roman generals used to carry them on yonweirh the battlefields. Again, possibly a diplomatic gift of some kind. This wonderful griffin head, beautifully carved of bors. And actually that symbol, if you like, other warriors with no
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