Discover the oldest set of British Royal remains

A group of scientists said they found the oldest remains of the British Royal Family, believed to have been stolen 500 years ago.

The statue in Cathedral Magdeburg is said to be of Queen Eadgyth and Emperor Otto I - Photo: Wikipedia.

Archaeologists believe that the skeleton in a coffin they just discovered was the remains of Queen Eadgyth - the sister of King Athelstan and the granddaughter of Alfred the Great, who is considered the first king. First of England.

Queen Eadgyth's remains were lost when she was moved to another burial site in 1510. Therefore, the monument was built in the old Magdeburg Cathedral in southern Germany. remains in.

However, when excavating this tomb, archaeologists discovered a coffin that contained an intact remains of a woman thought to be between 30 and 40 years old and a card The post is labeled 'Edith'. These data quite coincide with information about the first Queen of England (Queen Eadgyth, Edith and she died at the age of 36).

Currently, the University of Bristol (UK) is conducting a bone test to see if it is the oldest remains of a member of the British Royal Family. Archaeologists will compare the radioactive isotopes of the current skeleton to the radioactive isotope of Queen Eadgyth.

Professor Mark Horton, of the Department of Archeology and Anthropology and member of the research team, said: 'We know the remains of the first British Royal members were moved many times. But we hope this skeleton's radioisotope will coincide with radioisotopes in places where the queen once lived as Wessex and Mercia. '

"If we can prove that this is really the remains of Queen Eadgyth, this will certainly be one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries in recent years ," continued the professor.