Waterloo Skeleton

[UK_Widowmaker]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18417009

 

 

Creepy to see the Musket Ball still in place where it killed him

[Bullethead]

Pretty cool. He must have been off away from where the main lines stood and died in heaps, so was missed when they came around picking up the bodies a few days later.

[DonL]

Thank you for posting I find battlefield archeology interesting.

[Flyby PC]

I wonder how the body was preserved below ground however. I'm a bit confused when the video says he was laid in a shallow grave but then they can interpret his last moments from the posture. These are mere details of course, but what a stunning find to come across. It rather suggests if they can find one, there may be more, although I hope the battlefield is not now plundered for artifacts. I have a suspicion the presence of that ball was the reason the body was found. I'm guessing it was a metal detector.

[+elephant]

He had also some coins with him...

Very interesting!