Rider

1,400-year-old remains of headless horse and rider discovered in Germany

(ORDO NEWS) — Archaeologists don’t know why the horse was decapitated. The skeletal remains of a man buried 1,400 years ago near a headless horse have been discovered at an ancient cemetery in the town of Knittlingen in southern Germany. He likely was the horse’s owner/rider when he was alive. The man was buried at a time when the Merovingian dynasty (A.D. 476–750) flourished in the area, ruling a giant…