Archaeologists Unearth Roman Horse Cemetery With 100 Skeletons

In July 2024, a construction project in Stuttgart’s Bad Cannstatt borough unearthed approximately 100 horse skeletons. Bad Cannstatt was an important Roman military site during the first half of the second century AD. The local cavalry likely maintained over 700 animals—animals that needed food, shelter, and, when the time came, burials. Archaeologists first suggested the existence of a Roman horse cemetery in the 1920s, when a local housing project revealed horse skeletons in the region. The entire horse cemetery is likely much larger than the remains uncovered by the recent excavation, which is now complete.