Good teeth and well fed: grave find provides insights into the everyday lives of the elite in antiquity

In a rock-cut burial chamber, Münster University archaeologists found the bones
In a rock-cut burial chamber, Münster University archaeologists found the bones of 91 people from the time of imperial Rome.© WWU - Asia Minor Research Centre
It was a surprising discovery that the archaeologists made. A team from the Asia Minor Research Centre at the Department of History at the University of Münster, working together with archaeologists from the Museum of Archaeology in the town of Gaziantep, uncovered the remains of 91 people from the time of imperial Rome in a rock-cut burial chamber in the ancient city of Doliche in south-eastern Turkey. Studies of the burial chamber and the bones provide insights into the everyday lives of members of the upper class of the time.

During construction work being carried out in 2017, in what is today the village of Dülük on the periphery of the ancient town of Doliche, workmen broke through the roof of the burial chamber. ...
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