US EditionMagdeburg Cathedral’s 300-Kg Marble Lid Lifted, Revealing Otto the Great’s Coffin
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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.
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.
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.
For centuries, the Magdeburg Cathedral has been home to a distinctive figure in European history, Otto the Great. Restoration works have now opened up unique insights into this last resting place of an emperor, as the stone sarcophagus was opened for this purpose. Inside there is a simple wooden coffin, in which the restoration team found textile remains, egg shells and the bones of an older, unusually tall man [...] Die Beitrag Neue Einblicken …
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.
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