Uncovering the ultimate family tree
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Manfred Huchthausen, a 58-year-old teacher, proudly showed me around his well-tended garden. “Isn’t it beautiful?” he asked, pointing to the lush flower bed and immaculate lawn.
“But I know that you want to see the cave, don’t you? I’ll show you,” he said, chuckling.
The Lichtenstein Cave is a short drive away from Manfred’s village, deep in the Harz mountains.
This is the spot where Manfred’s relatives, dating back 3,000 years, were buried. The cave remained hidden from view until 1980, and it was only later, in 1993, that archaeologists discovered 40 Bronze Age skeletons.