Friday, November 6, 2009

PICTURES: "Extraordinary" Ancient Skeletons Found

Photograph courtesy Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology

From National Geographic:

This "extraordinary" skeleton of a woman buried in a seated position was discovered during an archaeological survey before the planned construction of a high-speed train track in central Germany, scientists said in a statement.

The woman, who lived in the early Bronze Age (roughly 2200 to 1600 B.C.), was found near the town of Bad Lauchstadt and is one of several burials found so far during the dig, which runs from September 2008 to June 2010.

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