Researchers find Thomas Jefferson's kitchen, an ancient Roman board game, and a 1,700-year-old musical instrument that still works.
Archaeologists Discover Thomas Jefferson’s Kitchen – Home Of Some Of America’s First Mac And Cheese
The Thomas Jefferson FundationThe remains of a fireplace in Thomas Jefferson’s kitchen.
After venturing down into the cellar of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation in Virginia, archaeologists have uncovered one of the biggest culinary finds in history.
There, they discovered the 250-year old kitchen belonging to Thomas Jefferson and his enslaved chef, James Hemings, according to Live Science.
“[Hemings’] trajectory was pretty extraordinary,” said Fraser Neiman, the Director of Archaeology at Monticello, saying it’s one of the “really rare instances where we can associate a workspace and artifact with a particular enslaved individual whose name we know.”
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Researchers Unearth 1,700-Year-Old Musical Instrument — And It Still Works
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Archaeologists digging in the Altai Republic region of Russia recently uncovered five mouth harps believed to date back to the era of the Huns some 1,700 years ago. And, shockingly, one of these harps can still make sounds.
The small instruments produces tones not unlike those of a flute, said one of the researchers who worked on the dig.
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Experts Not Sure How To Play Ancient Roman Board Game They Dug Up
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Researchers in Slovakia are now attempting to understand how to play an ancient Roman board game found in a tomb that dates to 375 A.D. Although it was first dug up in 2006, experts still haven’t unlocked its mysteries.
What they do know is that the board is divided into squares, sort of like those found on a chess board, and that glass objects believed to be playing pieces were found along with it.
The board itself is a piece of wood divided into squares, similar to a chess board. Found along with it were green-and-white glass objects that may have been playing pieces.
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