Incredible discovery!
by Barbora Misakova
Just looking at the old photographs of my family members makes me curious how was the world at that times going. I desperately want to remember how the things worked, how we lived, what we did or where we used to go. I am trying to recognize faces on these pictures and every time when my mind is failing I am feeling more and more curious. Now imagine how incredibly emotional it must be to find something very, very old and what is more something what has historical and national value. Archeology professor at Bristol University Mark Horton is that lucky one. He is working with a team of experts whose found bones bundled in silk at Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany, which are sup! posed to be remains of Princess Eadgyth (pronounced Edith). Eadgyth was a beautiful English princess, who grew up at the dawn of the 10th century and was destined for Duke Otto of Saxony. The skeleton which is supposed to be her was uncovered as part of a wider research project. Archeologists found coffin bearing her name and carrying a nearly complete set of bones wrapped in silk, which indicates it could be really Eadgyth’s remains. Of course there will be some tests which will prove or disprove it. These tests should figure out the age of the bones and where they come from. As said professor Horton strontium isotope analysis is “the smoking gun”. This technique measures the ration of strontium isotopes in a person’s tooth enamel and so the scientist can determine where this person actually grew up. If the tests identify skeleton as belonging to Eadgyth, it would be oldest remains of any English royal discovered so far.
related story (sgx16184): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100120/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_prin...
by Barbora Misakova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv) |
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