Last Friday, many SHOC members attended the opening of wOnderland in Ieper. This exhibition at the Ypres Museum shows what archaeological finds from beneath the city, and the interdisciplinary research carried out on them, can tell us about the medieval urban environment and its inhabitants.
One of the key elements in the exhibition is the isotopic and osteological work carried out by SHOC member Charlotte Van Riet, together with her colleagues Martijn Jacobs and Lucy Koster from the Make-Up of the Cities project, led by Bart Lambert. Their research demonstrates in a fascinating way how the study of human skeletal remains can shed light on the origins, diets, mobility, health, and lifestyles of medieval city-dwellers.
wOnderland can be visited until April 2027.
https://www.ypermuseum.be/nl/wonderland
