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Ancient treasure found in Tuva grave
Posted By On 11th July 2001 @ 07:44 In Uncategorized | No Comments
MOSCOW - Russian archaeologists found a treasure trove containing more than 1,000 pieces of gold and bronze jewelry and other items in a 5th-century B.C. grave in the southern Siberian region of Tuva, a news report said Wednesday. The grave, uncovered in the remote republic?s Piy-Khemsky region by scientists from the northern Russian port of St. Petersburg, apparently contained the remains of a tribal chief and his wife, the ITAR-Tass news agency said. It was located inside a burial mound at a depth of 4.5 meters (15 feet) and passed unnoticed by grave robbers who have plundered many other ancient graves in Tuva, which borders on Mongolia, the report said. Among the finds were gold and bronze jewelry pieces, coins, iron weapons and armor, clothes and kitchen utensils. Tuva authorities said they would transfer the finds to St. Petersburg?s Hermitage Museum for study, after which they would be returned to Tuva for museum display.
Posted By On 11th July 2001 @ 07:44 In Uncategorized | No Comments
MOSCOW - Russian archaeologists found a treasure trove containing more than 1,000 pieces of gold and bronze jewelry and other items in a 5th-century B.C. grave in the southern Siberian region of Tuva, a news report said Wednesday. The grave, uncovered in the remote republic?s Piy-Khemsky region by scientists from the northern Russian port of St. Petersburg, apparently contained the remains of a tribal chief and his wife, the ITAR-Tass news agency said. It was located inside a burial mound at a depth of 4.5 meters (15 feet) and passed unnoticed by grave robbers who have plundered many other ancient graves in Tuva, which borders on Mongolia, the report said. Among the finds were gold and bronze jewelry pieces, coins, iron weapons and armor, clothes and kitchen utensils. Tuva authorities said they would transfer the finds to St. Petersburg?s Hermitage Museum for study, after which they would be returned to Tuva for museum display.
