Ghent University research plays leading role in exhibition on Judith of Flanders

Judith
Judith

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) On 4 October opens the long-awaited exhibition ’Judith. A Carolingian princess in Ghent’’. Visitors will follow in the footsteps of the Ghent University research into the identity of the mysterious woman in grave S127.

Story of Flanders sets the ball rolling

The tomb was excavated in 2006 during the reconstruction of the Sint-Pietersplein. From the location of S127, just in front of the entrance to the current abbey church, archaeologists were able to deduce that someone belonging to the absolute top layer of society was buried there. ...

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