Archaeologists in Switzerland have describe the 2,200 - yr - former body of a Celt woman who endured little physical labour while indulge in a diet of starchy and sweetened food .
The inhumation wasdiscovered in 2017during building work on a school in Zürich . Now , the resultsof a 2 - year - long analysis led by an interdisciplinary squad of researchers have been issue by Zürich ’s Office for Urban Development .
In March 2017 , the char ’s skeletal clay were feel inside a hollowed - out tree trunk ( or what remained of it ) – an Iron Age instance of a tree trunk coffin , a funerary practiceperformed by various ancient European culture ( and inEgypt ) . tardy scrutiny of her off-white and , in particular , her teeth suggest she was 40 or so years old when she died , though the cause of destruction is unrevealed .
apart from the facts that she was bury in a tree trunk casket , din on starchy or sweetened foods , and bear out little strong-arm labor , the clothes she was inhume in and the artifacts she was inhume with give away her status as a mortal of some grandness . She was bury in fine sheep ’s wool , a shawl , and a lambskin coat . The archaeologists also find out bronze bracelets , a bronze belt chain decorated with chandelier , and a necklace made of gold and dreary and yellow glass beads in her grave .
In late yr , archaeological excavations have turned up grounds for a town - like settlement inhabited by Celts , just like the woman here . finally , this early city , located on the Lindenhof mound , was gobble up byTuricum , a military groundwork built by the Romans after their invasion ( and conquer ) of the Alps , which after became Zürich .
accord toAfar , the La Tène culture flourished before the arrival of the Romans , enjoying a " aureate age " between 450 BCE and 58 BCE . But thing drove to a close after Julius Caesar obtrude upon the area during the Gallic Wars , burnt down a few hundred Gaelic village , and subjugated the Celts to Roman police .
