The Birsk burial ground proved that Bashkiria was the true gateway to the Urals.
The Birsk burial ground in Bashkiria has yielded sensational finds revealing the culture of peoples from the 3rd to 8th centuries. All this proves that the region was the "true gateway" to the Urals, writes the Bashinform news agency.
Over five years of intensive work, archaeologists managed to uncover unique artifacts. Specifically, a horseman's complex adorned with a silver belt, a bit, and iron arrowheads. They also discovered elements of clothing from the first millennium, "previously unseen types of fasteners, and arrowheads that had lain in the ground near Birsk for 1,500 years."
Women's jewelry found in the burial ground proves that the ancient region was not considered a "backwater." Scientists explained that local women followed fashion, and artisans "not only copied foreign designs but also created their own pieces."
The Birsky burial ground is named after the nearby town of Birsk. Scientists began exploring it back in 1958, but excavations were interrupted. Work resumed in 2021, and the Birsky burial ground has since been transformed into a "true living open-air laboratory."
Earlier, a new archaeological sensation was discovered near Rostov the Great: a 10th-century Meryan axe. And in Phanagoria, experts unearthed magical tablets containing a real love spell.
