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Identifying Eadgyth
PhysOrg ^ | November 26, 2010 | University of Bristol

Posted on 12/02/2010 6:09:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Eadgyth was the granddaughter of Alfred the Great and the half-sister of Athelstan, the first acknowledged King of England. She was sent to marry Otto, King of Saxony, in AD 929, and bore him at least two children, before her death, at around the age of 36, in AD 946. Buried in the monastery of St Maurice in Magdeburg, historical records state that her bones were moved on at least three occasions before being interred in an elaborate tomb in Magdeburg Cathedral in 1510. It was long assumed that this tomb was empty, so, when German archaeologists opened it in 2008 as part of a wider research project, they were surprised to discover a lead box bearing the inscription 'EDIT REGINE CINERES HIC SARCOPHAGVS HABET...' ('The remains of Queen Eadgyth are in this sarcophagus...').

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: 10thcentury; alfredthegreat; ancientautopsies; athelstan; eadgyth; england; germany; godsgravesglyphs; magdeburgcathedral; princesseadgyth; saxony; unitedkingdom
Figure of Queen Eadgyth on top of the cenotaph from 1510 Image by Reinhard Ulbrich, LDA Halle

Identifying Eadgyth

1 posted on 12/02/2010 6:09:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 12/02/2010 6:12:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

GREAT article. Wonderful information.


3 posted on 12/02/2010 6:18:33 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: SunkenCiv

Cool!


4 posted on 12/02/2010 6:30:38 PM PST by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: La Lydia

Thanks for posting these interesting articles.


5 posted on 12/02/2010 6:36:49 PM PST by FrdmLvr (Death to tyrants)
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To: SunkenCiv
Eadgyth

Gesundheit!

6 posted on 12/02/2010 6:42:22 PM PST by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Saxony was a major power at the time.


7 posted on 12/02/2010 6:42:22 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: SunkenCiv
It makes sense that they could identify an aristocratic English woman by her teeth.


8 posted on 12/02/2010 6:52:02 PM PST by hellbender
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To: fanfan
Eadgyth

Gesundheit!

Yes, indeed; God bless Edith.

9 posted on 12/02/2010 6:58:04 PM PST by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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To: seowulf

Interesting! Thanks for posting!


10 posted on 12/02/2010 8:34:26 PM PST by BenKenobi (DonÂ’t worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.)
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11 posted on 12/02/2010 10:34:04 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: SunkenCiv
To be able to tell in such detail what people and animals were doing from year to year isn’t just remarkable, it’s a revolution.

fascinating stuff!

12 posted on 12/03/2010 1:05:30 AM PST by blueplum
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To: SunkenCiv

This is awesome technology!!!


13 posted on 12/03/2010 7:46:26 AM PST by ZULU (No nation which tried to tolerate Islam escaped Islamization.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Fascinating article. Even more enjoyable as I’m waiting for the last Cornwell book of the Saxon tales series.


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15 posted on 06/29/2015 6:21:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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