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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

‘Very rare’ horse cemetery from Roman times unearthed in Germany

Archaeologists have unearthed a “very rare” Roman-era horse cemetery in Germany containing the skeletons of over a hundred horses and that of a strange man buried in a prone position.

The “sensational find” in Stuttgart sheds unique insights into the use of horses by the Roman army, according to the German State Office for Monument Preservation (LAD).

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