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Wednesday, 20th August 2008 (2309 views)

An archaeological dig in Historic Jamestowne in the US has produced several "significant" finds which are now on exhibition at the Archaearium museum at the site, reports the Virginia Gazette.

Included among the discoveries is a 17th century gold ring which depicts a skull and has engraved on it momento mori - Latin for, remember thy death.

It is believed the artefacts can be linked directly back to people at the early Jamestowne Settlement.

Engraved on the ring were the initials CL which has led the chief curator of the site, Bly Straube, to suggest it may have once belonged to Captain Christopher Lawne who arrived in the colony in 1619.

Mr Straube said: "The ring would have been very expensive and would have been worn by a person of significant wealth and stature."

Captain Lawne established the settlement in the Isle of Wight County and represented the area at the first General Assembly.

Historic Jamestowne was the first permanent English settlement in the US.

 

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