Eighth-century skeleton found at Torcello
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

On the island of Torcello, at the Ca` Foscari University of Venice excavation site, some protagonists of the island`s thousand-year history have begun to emerge. A tomb datable to around 700 A.D. has recently been unearthed by the site`s team of scholars hailing from universities throughout Italy, under the scientific direction of archaeologist Diego Calaon (a Marie Curie Fellow).