The blue -eyed child “Ice Prince” was buried with a sword and a piglet for 1350 years in Bavaria
The “Ice Prince” funeral reveals the story of a child from a wealthy family who lived about 1350 years ago in Bavaria, Germany. The boy was buried with a sword, silk clothes, a golden cross… and a piglet.
In 2021, it was discovered near the city of Mattsies, in southern Germany, a grave of a mysterious blue -eyed boy with 1350 years.
The child was nicknamed “Ice Prince” Because archaeologists have frozen the funeral chamber to excavate its content in a single block.
One, whose results were released last week, revealed that the boy buried with rare riches – including a Sword, silk clothes and a golden cross… and a piglet.
This discovery indicates that the child came from a wealthy family; and that died with an infection in the middle ear, about 18 months old.
An analysis of the nail polish isotope of his teeth indicates that he was born in the region and mainly fed on breast milk.
The analysis of his DNA confirmed that the boy had blue eyes and light hair.
Rich grave… and a piglet
The latest studies show that the body was placed on a skill blanket inside the chamber and that one of the boy’s clothing pieces was a long -sleeved linen shirt made with silk strips.
At that time, the silk was a sign of wealth, a Statute Rare Symbol And it was only available in the Byzantine Empire. The exceptional preservation of tissues, due to the hermetically closed grave, makes them an even more exceptional find, the investigators say, quoted by.
The boy was buried with Silver bracelets in the arms and silver spurs attached to the shoes.
The funeral chamber also contained a cloth decorated with a cross made of thin strips of gold, which may indicate primitive Christian beliefs.
In addition, various grave objects – including a bronze bowl, a comb, a wooden bowl and a glass with silver accessories – had been placed on a woven treadmill.
The archaeologists also found remains of hazelnuts, apples and a pear, which are presumed to be whole when they were placed in the funeral chamber… but more fascinating than that were the Rests dismembered from a piglet – “That may have been cooked and placed as a food offer,” the investigators theorize.
