"Roman cavalry horse cemetery found in Stuttgart" Topic

"A 2nd century cemetery of horses from a Roman cavalry unit has been discovered in Stuttgart, southwest Germany. With more than 100 horses skeletons found there, it is the largest Roman cavalry horse cemetery in southern Germany.

Horse skeletons were first unearthed in this area of Stuttgart's Bad Cannstatt suburb when residential homes were built in the 1920s, and while the excavations were limited, even back then archaeologists believed it had been a Roman horse cemetery. The site was excavated in July of last year in advance of new construction project, under the supervision of the State Office for Monument Preservation (LAD) in the Stuttgart Regional Council. They unearthed the remains of the 100 or so horses and one human who was atypically buried on his stomach without grave goods among the animals rather than in the burial ground of the Roman settlement…"

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Iron Age settlement, Roman villa found at sword find site

"A follow-up excavation at a site near Willersey in Gloucestershire where a pair of rare Roman cavalry swords from the 2nd/3rd century A.D. were discovered by a metal detectorist two years ago has uncovered the remains of an Iron Age settlement and what appears to be a grand Roman villa built over it. This opens up the possibility that the swords were deliberately buried in the courtyard or garden of the villa to keep them out of the hands of raiders…"

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