Zalău County Museum

Zalău County Museum of History and Art
Muzeul Judeţean de Istorie şi Artă
	Front entrance of the County Museum
	Location within Romania
Established	1951
Location	Zalău, Romania
Coordinates	47°10′55″N 23°03′06″E / 47.182042°N 23.051805°E
Website	muzeuzalau.ro

The County Museum of History and Art (Romanian: Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Artă) is a museum in Zalău, Romania, established in 1951.^[1]

Archaeologists from the museum took part in excavations in the region. In 2015, a stone sarcophagus was discovered during restoration of a sacred area at Porolissum. The find was unusual because the sarcophagus was not in the cemetery that had been previously excavated. The sarcophagus contains skeletal remains of a young peron, and the limestone lid has carvings that were common in Roman times. A hole in the lid suggests that the grave was robbed in antiquity.^[2]

References

^ "Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Artă". muzeuzalau.ro (in Romanian).
^ "Un sarcofag roman a fost descoperit în complexul arheologic Porolissum, o fostă tabără militară din timpul războaielor daco-romane ale lui Traian". Descopera.ro (in Romanian). July 28, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

[1] "Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Artă". muzeuzalau.ro (in Romanian).

[2] "Un sarcofag roman a fost descoperit în complexul arheologic Porolissum, o fostă tabără militară din timpul războaielor daco-romane ale lui Traian". Descopera.ro (in Romanian). July 28, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

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