Mysterious dumped bodies of woman and child found by archaeologists in picturesque town

Archaeologists recently uncovered a mysterious grave in an idyllic German town with clues that hint at a tragic story.The findings were announced by the German town of Vaihingen an der Enz in a recent press release.The town is located in Baden-Württemberg, a German state known for its scenic landscapes and natural beauty.In the announcement, local officials said a months-long excavation yielded hundreds of archaeological discoveries. The excavation began in Sept.

2024 and wrapped up in April, ahead of the construction of a future industrial park called Wolfsberg IV.The most haunting discovery was the grave of a woman and young girl dating back to 400 B.C.Both of the decedents, officials said, wore jewelry from the Celtic period of German history, which was roughly between 600 and 200 B.C.“The girl had two bronze arm rings, the woman a necklace with blue glass beads threaded on iron wire,” said the statement, which was translated from German to English. “These beads could have been easily made many millennia earlier – provided one had the necessary knowledge.”The arrangement of the skeletons suggests the bodies were “dumped,” a historian said. The child was found “[lying] over the woman’s leg, limbs outstretched,” the release indicated. “What exactly might have happened to them, even experts can only speculate,” the town said.Felicitas Schmitt, a historian from the State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council, said the grave indicated far from a respectful burial.

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“Here, we are not talking about a burial,” she noted.“The two were dumped, rather than laid to rest with dignity.”She observed, “Perhaps they suffocated due to fermentation gases that developed durin...