May
12
/ 2024
When found in 2004, two embracing skeletons buried arm in arm in what is now Austria, were believed to be lovers from medieval times. Instead, modern scientific techniques have now helped archaeologists understand that what they were looking at has been the first documented mother-daughter burial from the Roman era in Austria! In fact, the graves predate by nearly 500 years, dating back to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. And, just to mix it up a bit, there’s a horse in there too. Unearthing the Discovery and Changing the Narrative Initially discovered in 2004 during construction activities near the eastern burial ground of the ancient Roman city of Ovilava, present-day Wels in Upper Austria, the purported medieval burial became
