First jar burial unearthed at Hadrianapolis ancient site

First jar burial unearthed at Hadrianapolis ancient site

KARABÜK

1,750-year-old pithos, or large ceramic jar burial, has been uncovered during ongoing excavations at the ancient city of Hadrianapolis in the Eskipazar district of Karabük.

Excavation and restoration work at the site, which was inhabited during the Late Chalcolithic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods, is being carried out under the direction of Professor Ersin Çelikbaş, head of the Archaeology Department at Karabük University’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Archaeologists found a skeleton inside the jar burial along with a range of grave offerings, including seven vessels, an oil lamp, a coin, a knife and two bone hairpins.