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Egtved girl costume
Site in Ribe Denmark
Reconstruction of the Bronze Age Egtved girl costume on display at Lejre in 2008
Information from; www.nationalmuseet.dk/sw33830.asp
"The young, blond girl from Egtved was buried one summer day in 1370 BC. Aged 16-18 and 160 cm tall, she was wrapped in a cowhide and laid in an oak coffin along with her jewellery, a small box containing hair net and a vessel made from birch bark containing a fermented drink brewed from wheat, cowberries and bog myrtle. A plant of the yarrow species was placed at her knees, and at her feet a woollen bundle containing the charred remains of a child aged eight or nine. The girl´s clothes are well preserved and of the type that was commonplace throughout the Bronze Age - a short woven wool shirt and a short skirt made of cords with a band at the top and bottom.
www.sagnlandet.dk/English.425.0.html
Image copyright: museum.girl (Museum Girl), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
Site in Ribe Denmark
Reconstruction of the Bronze Age Egtved girl costume on display at Lejre in 2008
Information from; www.nationalmuseet.dk/sw33830.asp
"The young, blond girl from Egtved was buried one summer day in 1370 BC. Aged 16-18 and 160 cm tall, she was wrapped in a cowhide and laid in an oak coffin along with her jewellery, a small box containing hair net and a vessel made from birch bark containing a fermented drink brewed from wheat, cowberries and bog myrtle. A plant of the yarrow species was placed at her knees, and at her feet a woollen bundle containing the charred remains of a child aged eight or nine. The girl´s clothes are well preserved and of the type that was commonplace throughout the Bronze Age - a short woven wool shirt and a short skirt made of cords with a band at the top and bottom.
www.sagnlandet.dk/English.425.0.html
Image copyright: museum.girl (Museum Girl), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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