Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1911 — EXCAVATE OLD ROMAN RUINS [ARTICLE]

EXCAVATE OLD ROMAN RUINS

Remains of Town of Tiburnla, In CorIhthia, Are Uncovered—Many Graves Are Found. Carinthia.—On a, thickly wooded hill crowned by the Church of St. Peter im Holz, there formerly stood the Roman town of Tlburnia. In the early Christian era from the fourth to the sixth century this waa the seat of a bishopric. The present minister of the little church, in making some excavations, came upon the remains of the old Roman basilica, cruciform in plan. A splendidly carved catafalque and many graves were found among the ruins. In the graves were numerous bones, which will prove interesting to anthropologists from the fact that they date from the days of the Teutons, who Inhabited the oountry prior to the incursions of the Slavs. Some beautiful frescoes and mosaics were alee unearthed.