DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Archaeologists in northeast Syria have unearthed a 3rd century cemetery in the shape of a cross, the country's official news agency reported Wednesday.
Ten skeletons, along with pottery and coins, were found at the site in Hassaka, 441 miles northeast of the capital Damascus, SANA reported.
Some of the artifacts contained inscriptions in the ancient Aramaic language, it said.
Wednesday's find came a day after SANA reported that archaeologists had found a Roman-era cemetery in Latakia, northwest of Damascus. That cemetery was believed to date back about 1,000 years, SANA said.
Also according to the report, Wednesday's find is not the same as that of another cemetery, of the same era and on the same location, announced last November.
That Roman-era cemetery in this history-rich country were archaeological discoveries are common, was also in the shape of a cross. It was not immediately clear how far from each other the two cemeteries are.
译文:
叙利亚惊现十字形古墓
大马士革，叙利亚（美联社）--国家官方通讯社于周三报道，考古学家在叙利亚共和国东北部发掘了一个形为十字的三世纪墓穴。
叙利亚通讯社（SANA）报道，在Hassaka发现十具骨架，连同陶器和硬币，它位于首都大马士革东北441英里处。
通讯社声称，一些史前古器物含有用古亚拉姆语提的碑铭。
周三的发现紧接前一天叙利亚通讯社报道的考古学家在拉塔基亚发现一个罗马时代的古墓，它位于大马士革西北方。通讯社声称该古墓可以追述到1000年前。
同样也根据报道，周三的发现与另一个同一世纪、同一地点在九月报道的古墓不同。
考古学家在这个历史悠久的国家发现罗马世纪的墓穴很普遍，同样也是十字形状。两个墓穴间相隔的距离有多远还不能马上弄清。