Rojales Set To Be The New Permanent Home Of The Jewels Found By The Marq In Cabezo Del Molino Necropolis

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Photo Title: Woman explaining nan value down an accumulation astatine nan MARQ. Photo Credit: ABC.es / ABC Valencian Community

The ancient Byzantine jewels that archaeologists from nan MARQ museum discovered successful an aged cemetery tract called Cabezo del Molino will now beryllium permanently kept and displayed successful nan municipality of Rojales, Spain. 

Rojales will beryllium nan permanent location (not a impermanent exhibition) for these historical Byzantine-era artefacts that were recovered nearby. 

The Deputy for Culture celebrated nan accumulation called ‘Ajuares para la eternidad’ (Assignments for Eternity). The accumulation tin beryllium visited astatine nan Archaeological and Paleontological Museum of Rojales.  

The accumulation is portion of Rojales’ Excavation Plan and was created to showcase nan results of nan activity carried retired successful 2018 astatine nan site.

The Archaeological and Paleontological Museum of Rojales is group to big nan caller MARQ accumulation called “Grave equipment for eternity, nan funerary rite astatine Cabezo del Molino”. There will beryllium 4 sets of Byzantine jewellery recovered successful nan Necropolis of nan ‘Cabezo del Molino’ tract successful town.  

The Deputy for Culture, Juan de Dios Navarro, welcomed and celebrated nan accumulation pinch nan politician of Alicante, Antonio Pérez arsenic good arsenic a batch of different organization members, specified arsenic nan head of nan Alicante Archaeological Museum, nan Rojales Councillor for Culture, arsenic good arsenic others. 

According to ABC.es, Navarro, nan Deputy of Culture, explained that “this connection stems from nan results and investigation activity carried retired since 2018 astatine nan Cabezo del Molino site, a task that forms portion of nan Alicante Provincial Council’s Annual Excavation Plan, done nan MARQ (National Research Council of Alicante), pinch nan collaboration of nan Rojales City Council and nan section Archaeological and Paleontological Museum from nan outset.” 

El Cabezo del Molino is known to beryllium 1 of nan first sites successful nan state wherever nan beingness of a organization from nan Byzantine play (6th-7th hundreds of years AD), has been confirmed. Rojales is very proud to beryllium nan location of these caller jewels. 

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