Swedish archaeologists reveal 5th Century massacre at Sandby borg

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Swedish archaeologists reveal 5th Century massacre at Sandby borg

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Swedish archaeologists have found evidence of a 5th century massacre on the south-eastern island of Oland.

In a paper published in the journal Antiquity, the team writes about the 1,500 year old attack at Sandby borg.

Dozens of corpses have been found in the walled fort, their bodies left to rot where they fell.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43899393

[truth_seeker]

Onshore from Oland Island, is the Kalmar region which is home to my great grandmother.

That region in southeast Sweden was home to the large migration to Minnesota in the 1860s and later.

See Vilhelm Moberg, "The Emigrants," and related books.