“Unearthed: 1,900-Year-Old Roman Horse Cemetery Reveals Ancient Military Secrets”
Oh, the millennia-old drama! Picture this: a dusty old dig site, archaeologists scratching their heads, and then—ta-da—they unearth what looks like the world’s fanciest equine graveyard in the heart of Stuttgart, Germany. Because apparently, even Roman cavalry horses got better burial rights than some of us get parking spots!
You’ve got to wonder, what’s next in the housing development lottery? A chariot dealership from the Iron Age? A Neolithic farmers’ market? While surprises in this line of work must be like finding an ex at your family reunion—unnerving, yet somehow expected—the housing developers are digging up more than dirt here. They hit historical pay dirt!
As for the Roman horse cemetery discovered in this modern-day housing development, it makes you ponder—what did these ancient equines see in their lifetimes? What tales would they whisper if their bones could talk?
So, folks, let’s saddle up and dive into the details. Saddle up with that live hyperlink to gallop over to LEARN MORE.
While preparing for construction of a housing development in Stuttgart, archaeologists uncovered an ancient horse cemetery that was used by the Roman cavalry unit stationed nearby in the second century C.E.
State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council/ArchaeoBWOne of the horses buried at Stuttgart’s Roman horse cemetery, which was located near an ancient cavalry fort.
In the 1920s, the extremely old remains of a horse were discovered in Bad Cannstatt, a historic district in Stuttgart, Germany. Locals long suspected that the site was an ancient Schindanger, or an animal disposal yard. Now, a recent housing development project in the area has revealed that this site was much more expansive than previously suspected. In fact, it was the site of a sprawling Roman horse cemetery in the second century C.E.
Positioned near an ancient Roman cavalry fort, the cemetery was largely a disposal ground for horses who’d died from illness or injury, or who could no longer be used as war horses. Though most were buried with little ceremony, at least one of the horses was buried with significant care, providing an interesting look at the relationship between man and animal in ancient Rome.
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