Burned Skeletons Are Rare Remains of Ancient Goth Invasion
The child and two adults lived in an ancient city in what's now Bulgaria before it was conquered by a Germanic army 1,700 years ago.
The skeleton of one adult female was found on an ancient floor dating to 251 A.D. It still holds a bronze bracelet in its hand.
By Sarah Gibbens
PUBLISHED June 5, 2018
By the looks of their skeletons, they died gruesome deaths.
The 1,700-year-old remains of three people—a child and two adults—were recently unearthed by excavators in Bulgaria. Archaeologist Elena Bozhinova from the Plovdiv Museum of Archaeology found the remains at the site of an ancient city called Philippopolis near modern-day Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/goth-invasion-roman-empire-bulgaria-skeletons-archaeology-science/
