Lady of Schengen

The Lady of Schengen (Luxembourgish: Prinzessin vu Schengen; German: Die Dame von Schengen) is the name given to a woman who lived in the Iron Age in what is now Luxembourg. Her tomb, dated to the 1st millennium BCE, was discovered and excavated in 1995. Her tomb is known for its rich grave goods. She may have held a significant place in her society, and was possibly a Celtic ruler.[1]

She is also known as the "Princess of Schengen" and the "Lady of the Digging Pond". The tomb of the Lady of Schengen is situated on the banks of the Moselle between Schengen and Remerschen.

Discovery and analysis

In 1995 the National Research Centre for Archaeology in Luxembourg began work at a cemetery site on the banks of the Moselle.[1][2] The researchers discovered the tomb, or grave, of a woman whom they dubbed "The Lady of Schengen". Archaeologists also found the cremated remains of a man's body in the grave between the Lady of Schengen's feet.[2]

Around 50 other graves dating from the Bronze and Iron Ages were also excavated at the Moselle site.[3]

The Lady of Schengen was buried in highly acidic soil. As a consequence, nearly her entire body was dissolved; only four of her teeth could be recovered.[2] Analysis of the teeth and soil in the grave indicates that she was approximately 35 years old when she died and that she was 1.54m tall.[3] She was buried with a significant assemblage of high-status grave goods, including bronze bracelets, two torcs, and a chiselled triangular plate.[2] Soil samples indicated the presence of wood—possibly a decomposed coffin—in the grave.[3]

Foni Le Brun-Ricalens, the initial excavation leader and Director of the National Research Centre for Archaeology, proposed that the Lady of Schengen held a high status in her society, and was possibly a Celtic ruler.[1]

Exhibition

In 2018 and 2019, the Biodiversum in Remerschen exhibited reconstructions of the Lady of Schengen's tomb and grave goods.[1][4] Belginum Archäologiepark in Germany exhibited her reconstructed tomb in 2020.[5]

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Princess of Schengen.
  • Le Brun-Ricalens, Foni, Die Dame von Schengen - La Princesse de Schengen: Ad vitam aeternam (Archäologiepark Belginum, 2019)[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mit der "Dame" auf Zeitreise". Luxemburger Wort - Deutsche Ausgabe (in German). 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  2. ^ a b c d "ELO MAT VIDEO - Ausstellung am Biodiversum: Madamm vum Baggerweier oder Prinzessin vu Schengen?". www.rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  3. ^ a b c Molinaro, Claude; Geboren 1964; Linguistik, studierte; wurde, Germanistik und Russisch in Brüssel und in Moskau Erste Erfahrungen im Journalismus sammelte als freier Mitarbeiter während seiner Schulzeit beim Tageblatt Bevor er 2006 fest dort angestellt; Moskau, arbeitete er als Angestellter der luxemburgischen Botschaft in; Redaktion, als Übersetzer und als Programmierer an automatischen Übersetzungsprogrammen Beim Tageblatt arbeitete er acht Jahre in der innenpolitischen; Kulturredakteur, anschließend vier Jahre als; wechselte, bevor er 2019 in die Lokalredaktion; befasst, wo er sich vor allem mit Ereignissen in und um Luxemburg-Stadt. ""Die Dame von Schengen" – Biodiversum in Remerschen stellt spannende Funde aus". www.tageblatt.lu (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "LA PRINCESSE DE SCHENGEN" (PDF). Biodiversum. November 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Die Dame von Schengen (2020)". museen.de. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  6. ^ Brun-Ricalens, Foni Le; Cordie, Rosemarie; Meiers, Fabienne; Teegen, Wolf-Rüdiger (2019). Die Dame von Schengen: ad vitam æternam (in French). Archäologiepark Belginum. ISBN 978-3-9811802-9-9.
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