Discoveries of ancient gravesites with eggs raise questions about their symbolic significance. A recent find in Germany may answer many of these questions.
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Archeologists in Germany unearthed a medieval gravesite in 2014 containing the skeletal remains of a young boy and the calcified remains of a hard-boiled egg.
Bones and antiquities found in the village of Kukruse suggest that the people of Northern Estonia and those living on the southern coast of Finland had close trade connections with each other, as long as 800 years ago, ERR's Novaator portal reports.
A grave filled with opulent grave goods unearthed in Kukruse Cemetery near the coast in Northeastern Estonia has helped shed light on the everyday lives of people living in the region some 800 years ago.