Huge Black Death grave discovered in Nuremberg, Germany
- March 13, 2024
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Pit with about 1,500 skeletons of victims of the Black Death It was discovered during an archaeological excavation located at a construction site in the center of Nuremberg,
Pit with about 1,500 skeletons of victims of the Black Death It was discovered during an archaeological excavation located at a construction site in the center of Nuremberg, Germany.
A total of eight mass graves were discovered as a result of two separate events of the Black Death. Three of them have been fully excavated, and four more will be examined in the coming weeks, making this discovery very important. the largest excavation of its kind in all of EuropeThis was reported by Terra Veritas, the company responsible for the excavations.
Partial radiocarbon dating of sites some burials are from the late 15th – early 17th centuries.. During the excavations, remains of a fortification from the Thirty Years’ War were also discovered.
German archaeologists find a huge grave containing victims of the Black Death in Nuremberg, Germany. Photo: In Terra Veritas.
At first glance, one could see something surprising about the bones: their color. Over the centuries, various metalworking industries, such as foundries, were located near and inside the tombs, resulting in the formation of deposits containing oxides of metals such as copper. The foundry sand turned the bones green.
The burials can be divided into two groups. One group lies beneath a layer of dark brown sand that appears to represent soil excavated during the construction of the fortification mound in 1634, predating that event. Another group passes through this layer and must therefore be somewhat later than this alignment.
The Black Death was a recurring epidemic in Europe after the Great Plague of the mid-14th century. WITH Dozens of waves that have killed people in Central Europe and the final outbreak in 18th-century Nuremberg, these events shaped society and led to innovations such as quarantine stations outside city walls, specialized caregivers, and infrastructure designed to contain outbreaks.
Three major outbreaks occurred in Nuremberg and several small outbreaks of plague between the 16th and 17th centuries, killing 5,000 people in 1533, 10,000 in 1563, and 15,000 in 1634. The huge number of corpses could no longer be properly buried in cemeteries, so the authorities They dug mass graves in the surrounding area..
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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