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The Egtved Girl
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Posted on 02/16/2010 5:21:19 PM PST by Little Bill
The Egtved Girl
In 1921 a burial mound at Egtved was excavated. In it was found a completely preserved coffin, and inside it lay a 16-18 year old girl about 160cm (54) tall, slim, with long, loose blonde hair and carefully trimmed nails.
For burial she had been laid in the coffin, fully dressed, on top of a cow-skin. Her upper body was clad in a loose bodice with elbow length sleeves and around her hips she wore a knee length skirt of string.
On her braided woollen belt were a large, spiral-decorated bronze disk with a spike and a bronze comb. Small pieces of woollen cloth were wrapped about her feet.
She wore bronze bracelets on her wrists. A bundle of rags containing the burned bones of a 5-6 year old child (perhaps a sacrifice?) had been placed at the end of the coffin.
At the head end there was a small box made of birch-bark containing her hairnet, an awl and a few bronze pins among other things.
Before the coffin was closed the girls body had been covered by a woollen blanket and a cow-skin. On this a bark bucket had been placed, containing a fermented drink, a kind of beer or mead brewed from what, cranberries and honey.
Before the coffin was closed a sprig of flowering yarrow was dropped into the coffin, showing she was buried during the summer. Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) has shown the burial took place in the year 1370BC.
The Egtved girls outfit was reconstructed for the National Museum of Denmark at the Lejre Archaeological Centre a few years ago, and shows that in many ways the outfit looked remarkably modern.
(Excerpt) Read more at gallica.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: bronzeage; godsgravesglyphs; neolithic
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A Little Bronze Age Fashion. I don't think that we have discussed this topic before still seem to be in existance in Eastern Europe and streches way back in history. (See Link Below)
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/EgtvedGirl.shtml
To: Little Bill; SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:22:56 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
To: Little Bill
![](http://www.gallica.co.uk/bronzeage/egtved_reconst.jpg)
The modern reconstruction of the Egtved girl's clothing. This is an accurate copy of the clothing, although in this picture the leg wrappings are not worn, and the girl does not wear the hairnet, leaving her hair loose as in the actual burial.
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:30:28 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
a little chilly in the Bronze Age wasn’t it?
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:38:09 PM PST
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
To: Red_Devil 232
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:40:31 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Little Bill
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:41:03 PM PST
by
BubbaBasher
("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
To: Red_Devil 232
Would this be called, “Advertising Your Wares?” It seems the more things change the more they remain the same.
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:41:50 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
To: Red_Devil 232
I’d hit it like the Gong show.....
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:44:43 PM PST
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
To: MissDairyGoodnessVT
Actually there is some proof now that the bronze age in the UK was warmer than now. In Europe there is evidence of grapes being grown vary far North. None would grow there even now.
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:48:56 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(usff.com)
To: MissDairyGoodnessVT
Actually there is some proof now that the bronze age in the UK was warmer than now. In Europe there is evidence of grapes being grown vary far North. None would grow there even now.
To: Little Bill
I’m not so sure about the front plate, but that string skirt — !
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:50:25 PM PST
by
TChad
To: Red_Devil 232
I hate crappy photos.
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:51:52 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: TChad
There has to be some mystery I suppose.
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:53:14 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
To: mad_as_he$$
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:53:24 PM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(Why won't those knuckle-dragging tea-bagging right-wing bastards just negotiate with me?)
To: JusPasenThru
To: JusPasenThru
To: cripplecreek
I hate crappy photos. Where's the video of her walking? That skirt was not designed to keep her warm.
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posted on
02/16/2010 5:59:40 PM PST
by
TChad
To: Little Bill
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the Dane girls walk by in their string skirts
I have to turn my head until my darkness somethingthatrhymes*
She cleans up real nice, yup yup.
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posted on
02/16/2010 6:09:09 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(*Strolling Bones)
To: MissDairyGoodnessVT
Not really. Holocene Climate Optimum. Sea level reached a slightly higher level than today coinciding with the warmest period of the past 10,000 years with temperatures about 2 degrees celsius higher than today.
Gee if the gals were wearing mini skirts I guess it was nice and warm back then. Hmmmmm maybe we can ask Al to explain this fasion statement!
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posted on
02/16/2010 6:11:47 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
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posted on
02/16/2010 6:37:23 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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