[gothic-l] Re: Heyderdahl

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "tigerlipped" <tigerlipped at y...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> 
> >  
> 
> > > 
> > > The area of the Heyerdahl search had Eruli inhabitants after 
they
> > > migrated to northern shore of the Black Sea after the Goti.
> > 
> > 
> > Russian and Ukrainian archaeologists seem to dispute this 
nowadays. 
> > There has been no trace of Germanic (Chernyakhovsk) cultural 
> remains 
> > in the area north of the Sea of Azov. Instead, there has been 
> plenty 
> > of evidence that Sarmatians and Alans living there. It is 
probably 
> > more reasonable to assume that the Eastern Heruls lived further 
> west 
> > of the Black Sea (Moldova?), perhaps in the same region as the 
> > Eudosiani, together with whom they may have reached the area in 
the 
> > first place. 
> > 
> > Dirk
> 
> Thank you for your replies to my question. I have another, if you 
> please. According to Jordanes, (De Rebus Geticis, as quoted by 
Thomas 
> Hodgkin,'Barbarian Invasion of the Roman Empire. page 464 I 
> Visigothic Invasions) when Alaric died at Cosenza, in 410, the 
> Busento was diverted from its normal course so that the Gothic 
> leader's grave could be excavated beneath it. 
> 
> When the tomb was finished, the stream was directed back into its 
> normal channel. According to legend (?) Alaric was buried with a 
> great deal of treasure. Has any attempt ever been made to locate 
his 
> tomb? 
> 
> Hilsen


Hi Hilsen,

I understand that many attempts have been made to find Alaric's 
grave. If I remember correctly, a news-report in the 1980s caused 
some uproar when it claimed that the grave of Alaric had been 
discovered. The place turned out to be from the 9th century. 
Unfortunately, with Heyerdahl dead there is probably nobody arround 
anymore to launch an expedition to find Alaric's grave;-)

The poem by August Graf von Platen will probably inspire many 
treasure hunters in future:

„Nächtlich am Busento lispeln bei Cosenza dumpfe Lieder; / Aus den 
Wassern schallt es Antwort, und in Wirbeln klingt es wieder! / Und 
den Fluß hinauf, hinunter ziehn die Schatten tapferer Goten, / Die 
den Alarich beweinen, ihres Volkes besten Toten......"

cheers
Dirk 





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