[gothic-l] Digest Number 229

[Ingemar Nordgren]

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>       1. Goths, Heruls or Alamanns? The Phalheim Horse Warriors
>            From: dirk at smra.co.uk
>       2. Eruli
>            From: Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at tninet.se>
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>    Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:22:35 -0000
>    From: dirk at smra.co.uk
> Subject: Goths, Heruls or Alamanns? The Phalheim Horse Warriors
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> Hello all,
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> the Nuremberg Germanic National Museum is starting an exhibition
> about the horse warriors found in the cemetary of Phalheim (Ellwangen
> South Germany) in the early 20th century. This cemetary (5th to 7th
> century) yielded the remains of a considerable number of Germanic
> horsemen, who were burried with weapons, shields and highly decorated
> riding equipment. The interesting thing about the artefacts recovered
> in these graves is that their decorations, style and manufacture are
> almost exclusively East-Germanic - East Roman/Byzantine and
> Mediterranean. Some Archaelologists have stated that the Phalheim
> warriors were the arch-typical East-Germanic horsemen. This has long
> given rise to interpretations arguing that these were in fact Goths
> or/and Heruls. However, W. Menghin has argued that the Phalheim
> warriors were Alamanns posted their by the Franks to defend an
> important East-West connection of the Merowingian Empire. At any
> rate, the exhibition is on until July 15 and a detailed Katalog is
> also available from the Museum.
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> cheers
> Dirk
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Hello Dirk!

When you  write Nuremberg is that another place than Nürnberg or is  it
the same? I never  heard of it. Could you please give me the direct
adress to the authorities that I may contact them, please!

Kindly
Ingemar

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