March
12
/ 2024
An unexpected discovery in the heart of Nuremberg has cast new light on the city’s traumatic history. Archaeologists, initially set to inspect an area for new apartment construction in the Franconian region of Bavaria, Germany, have stumbled upon what could be the largest mass grave ever excavated in Europe. Over a thousand skeletons, victims of the Black Death, have been unearthed, offering a unique insight into a period of great turmoil and transformation. A Surprise Beneath the Surface The discovery, which far surpassed initial expectations of finding remnants from the Thirty Years' War, revealed eight mass graves linked to two separate Black Death events. So far, three have been fully explored, with the bones' exhibiting some unusual green tint— a
