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Intro. The Egtved Girl is a young Bronze Age girl whose well-preserved remains were discovered in 1921 in the Danish village of Egtved. She lived around 1390–1370 BC, was between 16 and 18 years old at death, approximately 1.60 m tall, with blonde hair and well-manicured nails. His body was found inside an oak coffin, wrapped in ox skin, in a tomb of great archaeological importance.
His remains — including hair, teeth, nails, brain and part of his skin — were preserved thanks to the acidic conditions of the swamp soil. She was dressed in a woolen bodice with elbow-length sleeves, a short woolen skirt and wore a woolen belt with a bronze disc decorated with spirals, probably symbolizing the Sun. At her feet were the cremated remains of a child aged 5 to 6 years.
Isotopic analyzes indicated that it did not originate from Denmark, but probably from the Black Forest region of Germany, having traveled to Jutland (Denmark) in the
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Intro. The Egtved Girl is a young Bronze Age girl whose well-preserved remains were discovered in 1921 in the Danish village of Egtved. She lived around 1390–1370 BC, was between 16 and 18 years old at death, approximately 1.60 m tall, with blonde hair and well-manicured nails. His body was found inside an oak coffin, wrapped in ox skin, in a tomb of great archaeological importance.
His remains — including hair, teeth, nails, brain and part of his skin — were preserved thanks to the acidic conditions of the swamp soil. She was dressed in a woolen bodice with elbow-length sleeves, a short woolen skirt and wore a woolen belt with a bronze disc decorated with spirals, probably symbolizing the Sun. At her feet were the cremated remains of a child aged 5 to 6 years.
Isotopic analyzes indicated that it did not originate from Denmark, but probably from the Black Forest region of Germany, having traveled to Jutland (Denmark) in the
Helga
@Paulo Sérgio
Helga