Scientists Amazed to Find 1,400-Year-Old Folding Chair in Woman's Grave

BY WILLIAM MCGEE, ZENGER NEWS ON 8/30/22 AT 2:27 PM EDT777

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a 1,400-year-old folding chair from an early medieval woman's grave.

The surprise find was made in Endsee, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, earlier this month. The folding chair was made from iron and is extremely rare, being only the second such piece dating from the early Middle Ages to be found in Germany.

When folded, the chair measures around 28 by 18 inches and is believed to date from the end of the 6th century. The experts believe that the chair was buried with the deceased woman, who likely passed away in her 40s, as a grave good.

In a statement obtained Monday by Zenger News, the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection (BLfD) said: "About two meters [6.5 feet] below ground level, an excavation team in Endsee in central Franconia uncovered a grave measuring around 1.3 by 2.7 meters [4.26 by 8.85 feet], in which there was an iron frame that soon turned out to be a folding chair.

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