A Construction Crew Accidentally Uncovered the Remains of 100+ Horses
created: April 28, 2025, 2:30 p.m. | updated: May 5, 2025, 5:50 p.m.
Crews working on a housing project in the Bad Cannstatt district of Stuttgart recently uncovered a second-century horse cemetery.
Archaeologists discovered over 100 skeletons of horses used by the Roman calvary.
The site was a known military stronghold for the Roman army.
A well-defined horse cemetery uncovered in Stuttgart’s Bad Cannstatt neighborhood was the final resting place for over 100 horses that were part of the Roman Empire’s cavalry in the second century A.D.Construction crews discovered the cemetery during preparations for a housing project.
Experts plan to study the sex, age at death, and size of the horses while looking for possible diseases and causes of death.
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