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Magdeburg Cathedral’s 300-Kg Marble Lid Lifted, Revealing Otto the Great’s Coffin

Summary by Jerusalem Post
According to the State Office for Heritage Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt, the coffin contains "a mixture of jumbled textile and plant remains, sediment, and bones."

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As a monarch, Otto I, also known as Otto the Great, was a defining figure in German and European history. Now his tomb is being examined.

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The man had grown tall and had enormous pain. The researchers can already say that much. Now extensive investigations are being carried out at the tomb of the medieval ruler in Magdeburg Cathedral.

·Berlin, Germany
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Researchers are investigating the wooden coffin in which the bones of Emperor Otto I are supposed to lie. They have already announced the first details.

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In the cathedral of Magdeburg archaeologists opened the tomb of Otto the Great. The bones are analyzed to find out if they belong to the ruler.

·Berlin, Germany
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A new coffin, other bed linen, air supply and then the thing with the eggs: The bones of Emperor Otto I have participated in a lot in the past 1000 years. What researchers noticed at the opening of the grave.

·Munich, Germany
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung broke the news in Munich, Germany on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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