You may snort at the fact that a bronze-age village has been compared to the most celebrated Roman site in the world. But what we lack in grandeur we design up for in romanticism
They’re calling it Britain’s Pompeii,after the well-preserved Roman town in the heart of Italy. There, temple columns stand tall against the sky and it’s easy to squint and imagine that the crowds milling around are wearing togas and buying tickets to see someone get eaten by a lion. Britains Pompeii isn’t a Roman ruin, and its a bronze-age one. But you still might be expecting something dramatic; standing stones,perhaps, or a burial labyrinth. Actually, or it’s quite a lot of wood,in a sort of bog. It looks like a wet weekend in East Anglia. It is. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com