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Saw this interesting piece on Yahoo today: Experts may have found bones of English princess. There is not much detail except they think they have established provenance through some unidentified tests. I also dont know what practical value being able to point at bones and say we know who she was tells us. I suppose it could give us some idea about royal lifestyle and disease in the tenth century, if nothing else.
Speculating, it could reveal the way she died (and possibly shed light on the political state of the time), it could better tell us about royal relationships in the Middle Ages (was she treated well or poorly after she left England?), and depending on how she was buried, it could tell us about things such as coronary practices, fashion, and craftsmanship of that time and place. The most likely findings wouldn't be ground-breaking but could still be helpful within certain sub-fields of historical studies. But really – the story is sparse on details and doesn't mention why they think they've found her bones in the the first place.
