GRAVES 1200 YEARS OLD.
Excavations in Sommerda, near Erfurt, Germany, have uncovered three burial places containing skeletons, remains of shields, spears, necklaces and other ornaments. The finds have been well preserved by the clay soil. Professor Schult» and Dr. Grimm, of the State prehistoric institute, say they believe that the graves date from battles of the Merovingians with the Burgundians. Thurinsians and Bavarians. Their age is estimated at about 1200 years.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 239, 6 July 1931, Page 2
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