It is not currently known how the pair died, or why the woman's facial bones are missing
Posted on 11/04/2023 9:59:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists are still trying to work out what exactly happened to the long-dead couple, who were found in the former royal palace of Helfta in Eisleben, in the German state of Saxony.
It is not currently known if they died together or separately, or why the wife's facial bones are missing.
The pair are believed to have been extremely wealthy when they were alive.
Archaeologists told German newspaper Bild that it was likely the husband was a dignitary of some kind.
'Among other things, they found a knife, a belt set and the fittings for a so-called official staff, such as those carried by generals, on him. This is considered a dignitary's accoutrement', archaeologist Felix Biermann from the Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology said.
But the scientific team said that the woman was unusually buried with no possessions.
Biermann said she may have deliberately wished not to be buried with any possessions.
'The fact that there was nothing with her is very unusual. Maybe she was already Christian, but the man was even more traditional. In Christianity, these kinds of additions were avoided.'
The couple's bones are now being examined in a laboratory to determine how they died.
In 2020, German researchers found the 4,500-year-old remains of a woman buried in a simple but 'lovingly' made gravesite.
The discovery was made by Philipp Roskoschinski and a team of archeologists from the firm Archaeros while on a dig at Uckermark, a rural county around 60 miles northeast of Berlin.
Though the gravesite itself was humble, the posture and position of the woman indicate a possible connection with other ancient burial practices seen as far away as Scotland.
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Okay, so, I've got this old Superman joke rolling up...
Fill her skull with wine, singing “My cup runneth over with Loooooove....”
Lol. I got it...
Stunned archaeologists find woman buried beside her ‘husband’ 1,000 years ago with the top of her skull missing, prompting speculation her head was hollowed out.............and currently serves as our vice president. And now......you know the rest of the story.
Easy to explain..She must have been a Democrat or a liberal.
Early feminist. She effed around and found out.;-)
Start the popcorn! This thread should be good!
:^)
Apparently I’ve dated a number of her descendants.....
She blew it?
Examination of the female brain in a failed attempt to understand their thought process.
Man’s gotta rest his beer somewhere.
Maybe she was his side piece, not his missus.
And the missus made sure she wouldn’t be so attractive to the husband in the next life.
He must have left the toilet seat up on the privy and she blew her top over it.
I wonder if these writers and scientists understand what happens TODAY during a full autopsy? In 1,000 years the remains will be more confusing than this.
Just a thought, some horrible accident happened to her, he had her buried and then he committed suicide.
“Did you just tell me to get my own cup?”
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