»Remains of Upper-class Infant Dating From 2,000 Years Ago Found Buried With Pet Dog in France
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Remains of Upper-class Infant Dating From 2,000 Years Ago Found Buried With Pet Dog in France
The infant, estimated to be a year old, was found in Aulnat in the Auvergne region of central France. (Credit: INRAP/Twitter)
Modern-day France, Belgium and parts of Germany often were noted to cremate their adults but in case of children, they were usually buried on family lands.
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Archeologists have discovered the 2,000-year-old remains of a child from a well-to-do family in the Auvergne region of central France but what has baffled archeologists are the remains of a pet dog which were also found alongside the infant s remains.
Last modified on Mon 18 Jan 2021 04.41 EST
French archaeologists have hailed the “exceptional” discovery of the 2,000-year-old remains of a child buried with animal offerings and what appears to have been a pet dog.
The child, believed to have been around a year old, was interred at the beginning of the first century, during Roman rule, in a wooden coffin 80cm long made with nails and marked with a decorative iron tag.
The coffin was placed in a 2 metre by 1 metre grave and surrounded by around 20 objects including a number of miniature terracotta vases and glass pots thought to have contained oils and medicines, half a pig, three hams and other cuts of pork, and two headless chickens.