A 2,000-year-old Goth burial site in a Polish forest with antiquated jewelry has been discovered.
A great number of priceless artifacts, including two silver necklaces, two silver fibulae, pieces of a necklace composed of tiny silver beads, and jewelry with snake pattern, were found in the 50 graves that were found close to the settlement of Stara Rzeka.
The archaeologists also discovered porcelain fragments and a 2,000-year-old urn that was in great condition.
The Wdecki Park Krajobrazowy posted on their Facebook page that the past three weeks had been extremely busy for the park's archaeological area.
We went out into the field to start preliminary examinations of the site after Olaf Popkiewicz, an archaeologist and the founder of the YouTube series "History Seekers" (Poszukiwacze Historii), discovered a Goth burial site in Stara Rzeka.
"Over the course of three weeks, we were able to analyze more than 250 square kilometers of the cemetery and find 50 graves!
This region of the site, which we estimate to be larger than one hectare, only makes up a minor portion of it.
"Unfortunately, urgent excavation studies are required to assist save and preserve the site due to the state of a significant portion of the found necropolis.
Because of this, our adventure in this location is probably only getting started.
The early Goths were a Germanic people who lived in northern Poland between the first and fifth centuries AD. They are frequently associated with the Wielbark civilization. They helped bring about the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the rise of medieval Europe.
In the vicinity of the settlement of Osie, not far from the newly found burial site, the Goths were known to have resided in wooded areas.
Archaeologists discovered the ruins of a Goth settlement in 2022. The settlement had a well-preserved spatial layout and 4th century AD artifacts.