In 1921, the excavation of a burial mound near Egtved in Denmark brought an extraordinary Bronze Age story back into view. Inside a sealed oak coffin lay the remains of a young woman who had been buried around 1370 BC, along with clothing, jewellery, tools and a small bark bucket. The discovery was remarkable because the coffin had protected fragile materials that would normally disappear over thousands of years. According to the National Museum of Denmark, the girl was about 16 to 18 years old when she died, and only parts of her hair, brain, teeth, nails and skin survived. Her unusual clothes and burial objects have since offered clues about Bronze Age rituals and everyday life, making her one of Denmark’s most famous prehistoric figures ever found.
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