Archaeologists have found a large burial of noble Scythians in the Crimea

Institute of Archeology RAS informed about the completion of excavations of mounds near Simferopol, which fell into the construction zone of a new highway. One of the burial mounds, which hid the place of burial, attracted special attention of scientists.

Surprisingly, he was not touched by robbers and preserved the archaeological site in its original form.

Under a mound 2.5 m high and 50 m in diameter, archaeologists discovered a completely preserved stone crepe - a supporting wall that surrounded the mound with a stone ring. It was built from large stone blocks of various sizes.

In the central part there was the main burial structure - a stone crypt dating from the 4th century BC. BC. It was covered with logs and boards, on which the ancient builders laid stone slabs. A long corridor led to the entrance, which was also blocked with stone after the burial.

Inside the northern part of the crypt, archaeologists discovered a collective burial, where six people were buried at different times. Next to one of the skulls, two stripes with images of walking griffins were found.

In the southern part, archaeologists have cleared the remains of another buried person. Next to him were found gold earrings and stripes of four types, with which clothes were once embroidered. Also found in the crypt were bronze arrowheads and an iron spear head, 2.5 m long.

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Gold patches / ©IA RAS

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Earrings / ©IA RAS

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Gold patches / ©IA RAS

All these findings suggested that the crypt was built for the family of a noble Scythian. Now the anthropological collection has been handed over for research, the result of which will be data on the sex, age and relationship of the buried, as well as their state of health at the time of death.