Ancient “Princess” of Bagicz Reexamined: Tree-Ring Analysis Sheds New Light on Rare Roman-Era Log Coffin
In 1898, a burial slipped from a coastal cliff near Bagicz in northwestern Poland. Waves and wind had been eating away at the shoreline, which retreats by as much as one meter each year. The erosion exposed a hollowed oak log coffin from the Roman Iron Age. Inside lay the skeleton of a young woman. Archaeologists […]
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