Crime scene: Downtown Berlin. Time of death: The Middle Ages. One thing's for sure: This pig was dead before the fire started. See the missing hind legs? Somebody cut them off. But who? The pig lay in the basement of a house, probably it served as stock. The first settlers of Berlin must have put it there. And that proves it: Berlin has lied about its age. It's older than it officially admits. The final clue was in the wood. Between the charred remains of the pig we found some intact pieces. The analysis in the lab confirmed: the wood dates back to 1174. It proves people have lived here at that time. They built houses similar to those found in Westphalia and the Netherlands. Presumably that is where Berlins’ first settlers came from. The dead pig proves: Berlin existed decades before it was first mentioned in an official document.