Liffrea
07-14-2010, 02:58 PM
Berlin - Two skeletons and abandoned weapons found on the outskirts of a German town give an unparalleled insight into life in 1628 during Europe's worst conflict before the two world wars, archaeologists said Tuesday.
Tatters of clothing and old muskets with the owners' initials still etched into the butts helped scientists identify the bodies as soldiers in the Habsburg monarchy's army during the Thirty Years War.
The 1618-1648 conflict between Protestants and Catholics devastated central Europe and is estimated to have killed half the male population of Germany.
The two dead men appeared to have been Habsburg soldiers under the command of Albrecht von Wallenstein, a brilliant Bohemian general.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1570519.php/Archaeologists-uncover-skeletons-and-weapons-from-1628-battle
Tatters of clothing and old muskets with the owners' initials still etched into the butts helped scientists identify the bodies as soldiers in the Habsburg monarchy's army during the Thirty Years War.
The 1618-1648 conflict between Protestants and Catholics devastated central Europe and is estimated to have killed half the male population of Germany.
The two dead men appeared to have been Habsburg soldiers under the command of Albrecht von Wallenstein, a brilliant Bohemian general.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1570519.php/Archaeologists-uncover-skeletons-and-weapons-from-1628-battle