Vast Gothic cemetery brimming with grave goods and ornate silver jewelry discovered in Poland


Archeologists in Poland have uncovered an unlimited Goth cemetery brimming with silver jewellery courting again to the fourth century.

Olaf Popkiewicz, an archaeology video content material creator on YouTube, noticed the jewellery — two silver necklaces; two silver fibulae, or brooches; and beads that when belonged to a 3rd necklace — whereas strolling alongside the Wda River. He notified a staff of park archeologists who excavated the location, which sits throughout the protected Wda panorama park in central-northern Poland.

A researcher holds a silver fibulae, or brooch, found at a burial website in northern Poland. (Picture credit score: Wdecki Park Krajobrazowy)

“In three weeks, we managed to discover over 250 sq. meters [2,700 square feet] of the cemetery and uncover 50 Gothic graves,” park representatives wrote in a translated Fb publish. Buried alongside the lifeless, archeologists discovered a wealthy assortment of grave items, together with pottery, brooches, amber beads and extra jewellery embellished with snake motifs.