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Digging the road, revealing the 6,000-year-old ancient tomb full of gold of the mysterious queen

According to Heritage Daily, the mysterious ancient tomb has been identified as belonging to the Tiszapolgár culture (4500 – 4000 BC), a Paleolithic culture that spread over a large area of what is now many countries. Eastern Europe and Central Europe.

The ancient tomb was discovered by accident during the construction of a new road connecting the city of Oradea with the A3 highway, near the commune of Biharia in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania.

Jewelry found in the ancient tomb of the mysterious queen – Photo: Tarii Crisurilor Museum

Dr. Călin Ghemiş from the Tarii Crisurilor Museum, who led the team from Romania and Hungary, said in the grave were the remains of women. She was buried with 169 gold rings adorned in her hair, along with a multi-layered copper bracelet, two gold beads and about 800 beads made of bone.



These beads can come from items like necklaces or bracelets, but the material that connects them has broken.

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Based on early research on the teeth and stature of the deceased, it is believed to be a woman of high social status, an ancient queen or queen.

Samples from the ancient tomb have been sent to laboratories in Romania and the Netherlands for more precise dating through radiocarbon isotope analysis, in addition to DNA sampling and anthropological studies. deeper.

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During the project’s broader excavation, the team also found traces of two houses near the town of Santandrei, containing pottery from the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD.

They also found a Sarmatian settlement from the 3rd to 4th centuries also near Biharia.