Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-25 | Page 14 | Swedish Skeleton 5000 Years Old

SWEDISH SKELETON YEARS OLD STOCKHOLM I Feb 24 The The well well- preserved skeleton of or a man i who ho lived In the stone atone age years ago has Just been found on the west coast of or Sweden by a commission of fn countryside which has been combing the for ancient relics to be Placed on exhibition at tile the exposition In Gothenburg this summer The Swedish experts fifteen in num nuns ber have been at work for about seven years S an and have succeeded speeded in collecting n n 2000 relics of antiquity The results of or their labor has been an tion of proofs that the North sea co coast t of L Sweden w was Inhabited as early as as B o B. B C C. C The stone age skeleton which Is now no being mounted i in Gothenburg was found round during excavations at backa a few tew miles south of ot this city The ancient site of or Kungsbacka has Leon leen chosen b by some critics as the probable seat of Beowulf the hero of at the oldest epic poem in English liter but Beowulf was as a newcomer compared with the stone age man who lived about years ears him i The Te I relies relics cs now brought to lIght Include in In- In clude dude flint tools and weapons ornaments orna orna- I ments etc In one of the graves s 2000 years ears old were found the remains ot of Jt a woman and her equipment ment consisting con can of ot an amber necklace weavers weaver's j reeds and distaff