116 Wulfsen horse grave
Three horses lay in a pit in the middle of the grave field at Wulfsen; they date from the time before the Christianisation of the Saxons. Whether they were an offering to the gods or mounts to accompany a deceased person into the afterlife cannot be clearly determined. The Saxons occasionally buried horses in their cemeteries, but three animals in one grave is quite unusual.
Info: Showcase 116
Horse Burial
Age: 700 - 800 n. Chr. Middle Ages
Middle Ages: The beginning of the Middle Ages is generally equated with the end of the migration of peoples in Europe, which came to a halt at about the end of the 5th or beginning of the 6th century AD, and the concomitant collapse of the Western Roman Empire. The Middle Ages stood between antiquity and modern times and are characterised by the confluence of Christian and ancient as well as Celtic, Germanic and Slavic developments. With the Renaissance and the Reformation, the modern era began at the latest at the beginning of the 16th century.
Material: Animal Bones
Location: Wulfsen