We even know the season when the Egtved Girl was buried in Denmark: summer, 1370 BC. The tree rings of her oak coffin say so, and a yarrow flower had been laid on it.

1370 BC

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• The Egtved Girl1370 BC · Jutland, Denmark. Tree rings in her oak coffin show the girl, aged 16–18, was buried in the summer of 1370 BC, with a yarrow flower laid on the lid. She wore a wool blouse and a knee-length corded skirt, beside a birch-bark pail of drink made from wheat, honey and cowberries.

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