Today we walked upon skeletons.
Not far from where we live in Lessy, infact the next
village over in Chatel St. Germain,
we walked upon ground that
has been occupied
since the Neolithic age up until 1760.
What do you think when you read
"road of war?" This is a land rich
in history and yet also immersed
in wars.
Archeologists have found 370 graves.
Who was buried here? Was it a barbarian,
a chevalier, a priest?
Rachel told me that she last visited this place
20 years ago, when the excavations were taking
place, when you could see the skeletons within
the graves. Today, you can see these same
remains in the The Metropolitan Museum of Metz
one of my favourtie museums.
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| Ludo perched on a wall of the Abbey |
Think about this; we are walking upon Stone Age ground, 2,5 millions years ago.
when early hominids began to make tools. Tools!
A knight could have walked through this door, Alec
tells me.
A priest definitely prayed in this Abbey.l
Where do we go from here?
In this place
there was the "war between friends."
How can you have a war between friends?
Our history of today,
where is it leading us?
What artifacts will
define our heritage?
Yellows, reds and burnt orrange
splash
across the palette of autumn.
Today we walked upon skeletons.
tells me.
A priest definitely prayed in this Abbey.l
Where do we go from here?
In this place
there was the "war between friends."
How can you have a war between friends?
Our history of today,
where is it leading us?
What artifacts will
define our heritage?
Yellows, reds and burnt orrange
splash
across the palette of autumn.
Today we walked upon skeletons.
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