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The Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, today, with the mayor of Cehegín, Jose Soria, and the director of excavations, Francisco Peñalver, the most important work so far found at the site of Begastri.

It is a sarcophagus of the fourth century AD and represents the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise.

Thus, it is presented to Adam covering himself with fig leaves and the Angel would point to the door of heaven, while in front of them a snake slides down the tree of Good and Evil

The piece was found during recent excavations in the city late-Roman-Visigothic Begastri, along with other four fragments of early Christian sarcophagi made of white marble workshops of the city of Rome.

The sarcophagus dating could Constantinian era, fourth century AD, shortly after the Peace of the Church, and denote that a local Christian population was able to acquire these pieces so important.

"The region is rich in archeology, with more than 2,000 sites counted," said Ujaldón, who also recalled that "the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is making a major effort in its legal protection."

The head of Fine Arts and Cultural further explained that the deposits of the windlass, in Cartagena, La Bastida, in Totana, Medina Siyâsa in Cieza, and Begastri in Cehegín, are "symbols of archeology Murcia" that " with our rock art, which is a World Heritage Site, should be one of the spearheads of Murcia heritage. "

Therefore, Ujaldón said "the project of the Department not only continuously excavating and preserving what is, but to give back to society what is becoming known and that these sites may well become a tourist and cultural resources for Murcia Region. "

The part of the Month

The work will be 'The part of the Month' from the Archaeological Museum of Murcia and will be on display from Nov. 18, the day on which the Peñalver presented at the conference 'Findings Begastri sarcophagi, Cehegín'.

The piece will remain on the MAM until 15 December.

Source: CARM