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Blue-eyed 'Ice Prince' toddler was buried with a sword and a piglet 1,350 years ago in Bavaria

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The "Ice Prince" was buried with a small sword, silk clothes and a gold cross.

The child's tomb was found south of the Upper Germanic Limes that once defined the Roman frontier.

Archaeologists flash froze the contents of the burial chamber to excavate its contents in a single block.

He died of an infection caused by a middle ear infection at about 18 months old .

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