A long-standing mystery about when an ancient European "princess" buried in a log coffin died has finally been solved, a new study reports.
The woman's wooden coffin was initially found in the village of Bagicz in northwestern Poland in 1899, after it fell from an eroding cliff. Archaeologists nicknamed her the "Princess of Bagicz" because of her unique burial style and well-preserved artifacts. Over the decades, researchers determined that she had died in Roman times, but analyses gave conflicting dates spanning nearly 300 years.
