Last Monday, a dual grave coming from the 4^th century BC was revealed at the archaeological site close to the city of Novo mesto in the Dolenjsko region. Archaeologists assume that the grave contained both a man and woman who were buried together.

There were no skeletal remains found within the grave so the archaeologists based their assumption on the objects they obtained from the grave. These are very rare findings especially within the Halstatt culture area. According to the head of the excavations named Borut Kriz from Dolenjska Museum, the said grave consists of objects like glass, amber beads, clay pots as well as weapons

It continues to be a dispute why double burials are done that is said to be part of rituals in the past as recorded by Herodot, the Father of History. The Kapiteljska field wherein a lot of graves were discovered is full of archaeological sites. Just within three decades of deep excavation 36 sepulchral mounds, 300 Late-Bronze-Age urns and 700 Halstatt urns had been discovered.

This said excavation is sponsored by the Municipality of Novo Mesto as well as the Ministry of Culture. This performed by the people from Dolenjska Museum. The President of Slovenia, Danilo Tuerk has already seen this said excavation site.

Rock Otočec, which started in the year 1976, is a traditional musical festival in Slovenia. For this year, the said festival will take place this July 2 – July 4, 2010 at Novo Mesto, Slovenia, a town between Slovenia’s as well as Croatia’s capitals. Specifically, this is about 70 kilometers far from Ljubljana, Slovenia. This 3 day festival will have a lot of activities happening for the while 24 hours.

This event has hosted the likes of Fun Lovin Criminals, Living Colour, Asian Dub Foundation, Henry Rollins, Sham 69, Liquido, The Toasters, Stereo MCs, No Means No, Emil Bulls, Apocaliptyca and a lot more. The event as well is famous because of its activities including musical acts, Miss/Misster Mud as well as other sports contests.

The tickects are available for 25€ for 1 day ticket, and 44€ for a 3 day ticket. Parking as well as camping are also available for all participants. For more information, you can visit their official website which is http://www.rock-otocec.com/index/en.php.