Info Of Swedish Archaeologists Unwrap Fifth Century Massacre At Sandby Borg

Team fellow member Clara Alfsdotter arranges the remains of 1 victim

Swedish archaeologists convey constitute testify of a fifth century massacre on the south-eastern isle of Oland.

In a newspaper published inwards the magazine Antiquity, the squad writes close the 1,500 twelvemonth sometime assail at Sandby borg.

Dozens of corpses convey been constitute inwards the walled fort, their bodies left to rot where they fell.

All of the victims were killed alongside "brutal force", squad leader Helena Victor said. Some victims were constitute within houses, others inwards the streets.

The archaeologists discovered decapitated bodies, blunt strength trauma wounds to victims' heads, too fifty-fifty 1 somebody who seemed to convey fallen into a fireplace inwards his finally moments.

Even the corpse of a newborn was constitute amidst the dead, suggesting nobody was spared, the authors say.

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