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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“She blew it?”
first LOL comment on this thread.
A thousand years ago isn’t that long ago, as such things are measured. Why does the article speculate about whether these people were Christian? I ain’t no expert, but I had the notion that the Saxons had been “evangelized” by Charlemagne a couple of hundred years earlier. Did Saxony still have a pagan presence at the time of the burials?
“And the missus made sure she wouldn’t be so attractive to the husband in the next life.”
But she took out the wrong part of the head for that, the top and not the bottom.
Also, was it determined if she was buried first or second?
wy69
Maybe she was a ‘saint’ and her brain ended up in some reliquary
Maybe she was a ‘saint’ and her brain ended up in some reliquary
Always wondered how Flounder managed to get such a good looking date to the party.
Ah they found the body of Abby Normal!
Eaten by animals is my guess.
He borrowed his brothers car....;O)
What was there anything unusual?
Do you see a face on that skull?
Someone wanted to erase forever what that woman looked like.
Seems rather vengeful to me….
At least the pharaohs had their brains extracted nasally…to preserve their faces
I know that one!🤪
Weird…
What a mind-blowing find. World’s first evidence of LSD use?
Today’s episode of “Science of The Past” includes the first crude attempt to create a Stepford Wife and the reasoning behind its abandonment after not fully proving whether or not it worked.
Buried too shallow and the elements removed it from surface exposure.
“Someone wanted to erase forever what that woman looked like.”
Maybe she was so ugly someone determined the Gods shouldn’t be stuck with that mug forever. Cruel and unusual punishment.
wy69
“Someone wanted to erase forever what that woman looked like.”
Maybe she was so ugly someone determined the Gods shouldn’t be stuck with that mug forever. Cruel and unusual punishment.
wy69
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