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Roman-era graves found by homeowner during basement renovation project
During the winter of 2023-2024, archaeologists of Archeodunum Research Center were called to a home nestled in a suburb of Paris after a homeowner discovered a skeleton in his basement, sparking a monthslong excavation filled with significant findings.
Sometimes, ancient discoveries come when least expected, and that was surely the case for the homeowner who spotted the unusual find right in his own home.
The finding of a single skeleton by a homeowner in Corbeil-Essonnes was just the beginning of an archaeological excavation that led to the discovery of 38 burials across four rooms, according to a translated statement from Archeodunum.
What started out as a home renovation became a full archaeological excavation after a homeowner near Paris discovered a skeleton in his basement. (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH UNEXPECTED FIND INSIDE TOMB LIKELY BELONGING TO A ROMAN GLADIATOR
The presence of a cemetery from the Middle Ages has been known due to several plaster sarcophagi from the period being previously discovered, according to the statement, which scholars believed were connected with Notre-des-Champs chapel.
The chapel is thought to have been built in the 7th century on the site of a pagan temple, though there has been no evidence of construction found, according to Archaeodunum.
Prior to this excavation, the graves of the cemetery had never been subjected to scientific study, the statement also noted.
Thirty-eight burials were discovered during the archaeological excavation. (iStock)
MOM, SON DIG UP ANCIENT OBJECT OFTEN FOUND NEAR BURIAL GROUNDS WHILE GARDENING
This excavation unveiled graves that were far older than archaeologists expected, ranging from the third century A.D. through the 10th century.
It was not until the early Middle Ages that funeral practices started to evolve. During this time, the deceased were buried in plaster sarcophagi, sometimes decorated, though the ones recently discovered were not, according to Archaeodunum.
Oftentimes, the remains of more than one were placed in plaster sarcophagi, but the 10 that were found contained the remains of a single person in each.
Before this, during the Roman period, the deceased were placed on their backs in wooden enclosures.
The home that was excavated by archaeologists is located in Corbeil-Essonnes, in the suburbs of Paris. (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)
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Further analysis of the cemetery continues to be done, which specialists hope will lead to unanswered questions being solved, such as the sex, age of death and living conditions of those whose remains were unearthed, according to Archaeodunum.
Additionally, specialists will be working around the main objective of understanding how many people lived in the area during the Antiquity and Middle Ages, while also gaining a deeper understanding of how funerary traditions evolved through time, according to the source.
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Netanyahu slams ‘terrorist-supporting’ UN council that accused Israel of committing sexual crimes
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is facing intense backlash from Israel over its report accusing Israel of employing sexual violence against Palestinians since October 2023. The report, entitled «’More than a human can bear’: Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since October 2023» contains serious allegations against the Jewish state.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement on the report, calling the UNHRC «an antisemitic, corrupt, terrorist-supporting and irrelevant body.»
«Instead of focusing on crimes against humanity and the war crimes committed by the Hamas terrorist organization during the worst massacre against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, the UN once again chooses to attack the State of Israel with false accusations, including outrageous and baseless allegations of sexual violence. This is not a Human Rights Council – it is a Blood Rights Council,» Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on December 9, 2024. (MAYA ALLERUZZO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
UN FINALLY RECOGNIZES THAT ISRAELI WOMEN WERE RAPED, SEXUALLY ATTACKED BY HAMAS TERRORISTS
Multiple Israeli officials said the report constituted a «blood libel» and said it ignored the acts of sexual violence on Oct. 7.
US Ambassador Designate to the United Nations Elise Stefanik also condemned the «baseless report» as «antisemitic and anti-Israel slander.»
«The so-called ‘Human Rights Council’ has failed to condemn the barbaric atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists against Israel including the brutal slaughter, torture, kidnapping of thousands of innocent civilians, and Hamas’ horrific use of rape and sexual violence against Israeli women and girls, yet disgracefully attacks Israel with unfounded smears,» Stefanik said in a statement.
Additionally, Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon called the report «another vile and distorted document from the UN.»
«This report is not even worth the paper it was printed on. Anyone who supported this false publication is complicit in whitewashing Hamas’ war crimes and trampling on the truth,» Danon said in a statement. «The UN is busy looking for ways to blame Israel instead of facing reality. History will judge you.»
Israeli Permanent Member to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a session of the Security Council at the New York City headquarters. (Israel United Nations mission)
UNITED NATIONS SLAMMED FOR SILENCE OVER HAMAS RAPES, MUTILATION AND MURDER OF ISRAELI WOMEN, CRITICS SAY
UNWatch Executive Director Hillel Neuer told Fox News Digital, «the U.N. inquiry is as objective as a Stalinist show trial, and that’s why they completely twisted the facts to falsely accuse Israel of the crimes that Hamas actually committed.»
The report documents a wide range of alleged abuses by Israeli troops, which it calls the Israel Security Forces (ISF), rather than the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the military’s actual name in both Hebrew and English. The report also condemned how Israel was carrying out the war, saying that the destruction led to «disproportionate violence against women and children.»
Additionally, there are complaints in the report of forced public stripping. However, Israel has said that this is necessary to ensure detainees are not hiding explosives. Former IDF Spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus was quoted in the report as saying this in a 2023 CNN interview. Even the report acknowledges that «strip-searches for security justifications are not unlawful,» but claims that Israel’s process was not up to international standards.
A view of the United Nations Headquarters building in New York City, United States on July 16, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Chair of the Commission Navi Pillay condemned the «deplorable increase in sexual and gender-based violence.» She also says that Israel uses sexual violence to «terrorize» Palestinians and to create «a system of oppression that undermines their right to self-determination.»
«For decades, the head of the Inquiry, Navi Pillay, has been the world’s leading champion of the 2001 UN ‘Durban Declaration’ slander that a Jewish state is a racist state. Inquiry members have referred to the ‘Jewish lobby’ controlling social media and then complained that antisemitism is ‘always raised as a diversion,’» Anne Bayefsky, Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and President of Human Rights Voices told Fox News Digital.
The commission claims that sexual violence, including rape, is part of the IDF’s «standard operating procedures towards Palestinians.»
Bayefsky alleges the commission «ignored hundreds of thousands of submissions which challenged their conclusions… They have also refused to hear testimony from NGOs that would have contradicted the veracity of their pre-determined end product.»
«The Independent International Commission of Inquiry is an independent body mandated by the Human Rights Council, over which the secretary-general has no authority,» Secretary-General António Guterres’ spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told Fox News Digital. «The secretary-general has spoken out repeatedly at the horrors we have seen in this conflict. He continues to be deeply alarmed by the humanitarian situation in Gaza and reiterates his call for all parties to respect international humanitarian law and international human rights law. He underlines that there needs to be accountability.»
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Bomberos inspeccionan el campanario de una iglesia. Foto: EFE
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