Archaeologists excavated the famous Iron Age site Němčice and uncovered the earliest glass workshop north of the Alps.

Numerous beautiful glass bracelets and beads have also been found at the site. As a result, it was thought that Němčice was a center of glass production, but only these excavations have confirmed this fact.

The central agglomeration of Němčice in Moravia was one of the most important archaeological sites of the La Tène period in Central Europe. Němčice is also famous for its unprecedented amount of gold and silver coins which number over 2,000.

According to a study published on June 29 in the journal Antiquity, the team also discovered a possible sanctuary, suggesting that Iron Age people performed rituals there.

While conducting excavations in 2002, researchers made the discovery of Němčice. Subsequent surveys led to the discovery of sunken huts, bronze amulets, and coins dispersed throughout the site. The coins are clues that Němčice was likely part of the “Amber Road,” a large central European network that linked the Baltic coast to the Mediterranean region.