A RECENT archaeological dig, carried out in a protected area within Faro’s historic centre, has uncovered more remains dating back to the Iron Age and items from Islamic and Roman civilisations. Good news for archaeologists and history enthusiasts, but perhaps not for Faro Câmara, which has been hoping to have a luxury hotel built on the site.
Back to beer Archaeologists' intoxicating find
Archaeologists searching for remains of a city's medieval past have made an intoxicating discovery - a cache of World War II beer.
The hundred-or-so bottles of lager buried beneath Southampton's Guildhall Square were still capable of developing a head when they were opened.
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"I think you'd be very ill if you drank that, it's absolutely rank."
Uh huh.
"Oh yes, terrible stuff, awful. Completely non-potable. No sirree, don't drink any of that. Just to be sure, we'll, um, just store it ourselves to prevent accidental consumption. Did we say 'a hundred or so' unopened bottles? We meant '75 or so'. Maybe 50. We'll let you know the exact number in a couple of days. Could be as few as, errr, none really. But let us handle it, we're the experts, you know."
When can we buy the t-shirts? Cajuns Seek Remains of Guerrilla Leader
For Louisiana's Cajuns, Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil was their Che Guevara, their Thomas Jefferson, their Moses. But the gravesite of the 18th-century guerrilla fighter has long been a mystery. Now, historians and archaeologists — some of them descendants of the Acadian leader — are hoping to find his bones.
The search is part of an Acadian renaissance movement that has sprung up since the 1960s to honor the music, art, language and customs of Louisiana's Cajun people, the Acadians' direct descendants. It also coincides with the 250th anniversary of the Acadians' expulsion from Canada during the French and Indian War.
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