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Archaeologists have recently announced a discovery over 100 buried horses dating Ancient Rome – But the skeletons were not found in Italy.
Excavation took place in Bad Cannstattu, district in Southwestern Germanysaid the announcement for the public on April 16 from the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the preservation of the monument (LAD).
The statement, translated from German to English, noticed that the city is one of the “most important Roman military sites” in ancient times. The cavalry unit there boasted about 700 horses at its peak.
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Pictures from the place show leather skeletons buried in the soil while the excavators worked to clean them.
Excavation He started last July, encouraged by recent construction projects that “demanded archaeological investigations,” Lad said.
Archaeologists have discovered over 100 brake skeletons in the German town. Scientists believe that horses have been brought over time, unlike dying in one battle. .
Experts say the remains are just under 2000 years old, dating from the second century AD
“The first bone bones are discovered are dated to the second century using radiocarbon methods,” said Sarah Roth, an archeologist from LAD.
“Based on the archeological and historical knowledge of the novel Bad Cannstatt, horses can be attributed to the cavalry unit – the so -called ‘ala’ – stationed in Hallschlag from about 100 to 150 ad.”
She also noted that “a unit of nearly 500 drivers probably had a total of a horse stock of at least 700 animals, and losses needed a constant replacement.”
Horses They were buried approximately a quarter of a mile from the Konjica fort and one eighth mile from civil residences.
“The carcasses were usually individually retreating into shallow pits, where they were buried lying on their side with their legs outstretched or bent,” the Lad explained in a statement.
“The place was probably marked above the ground. Despite the sometimes thick schedule, there was a little overlap of the pits.”
Horse remains discovered archaeologists date from the second century ad .
Roth added that the horses do not die during one event, like a battle.
Instead, the animals were probably ill or injured when they were buried or otherwise were unacceptable for military service.
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“If the horse could still walk, he would have been brought to the Cavalry Cemetery and killed on the spot so he would not carry a heavy hull,” she said.
Archaeologists believe the site of the cemetery It was more extensive than the construction site itself, but its accurate size is unknown.
There have been several ancient Roman discoveries in the past year.
Interestingly, some horses are buried together with objects, perhaps as tokens for the path to the afterlife.
One animal was found with two jugs and a small oil lamp, and the items were “placed in the wing of the hand as farewell.”
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“We see a particularly close connection here between the owner and his horse,” Roth said. “Even after about 1800 years, sadness for the death of this one animal is still visible.”
There have been several ancient Roman discoveries in the past year.
The dug was taking place in Bad Cannstatt, a district in southwestern Germany. .
In Vienna, Austria, archaeologists have recently discovered a Mass grave containing the remains of Roman soldiers and Germanic tribes under the football field.
Earlier this year, extraordinarily A well -preserved dog It was found on an ancient Roman site in Belgium, emphasizing the prevalence of the sacrifice of animals in antiquity.
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Fox News Digital’s Ashlyn Messier contributed to this report.
