Mystery Of The Österödskvinnan (Österöd Woman) Who Lived In Sweden 10,000 Years Ago

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Österödskvinnan (Österöd woman) lived 10,000 years ago in Sweden. Her skeleton, the oldest ever found in Sweden, is now, for the first and last time, on display at the Gothenburg City Museum, Sweden.

Mystery Of The Österödskvinnan (Österöd Woman) Who Lived In Sweden 10,000 Years Ago
A visualization of the Österödskvinnan from the documentary Historien om Sverige ( History of Sweden) produced by SVT. Credit: SVT

“This is a unique archaeological find that has great significance for our interpretation of ancient times. The Österöd woman gives us an exciting glimpse of our prehistory and allows the audience to get really close to an individual who lived and died 10,000 years ago,” says Else-Britt Filipsson, an archaeologist at the Gothenburg City Museum.

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