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Archaeologists have unearthed gold and silver jewelry at an early-medieval burial ground near the city of Sevastopol in Crimea.
According to the statement, Naumenko and his colleagues are excavating the site along with archaeologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences. Elite jewelryThe new finds are from two crypts dating from between the fourth and sixth centuries, and the jewelry seems to have been worn by women, according to the statement. The stash included fibulas , gold earrings, pieces of belts and shoe buckles, and appliqué jewelry made from gold foil that would have been sewn on the collars of garments.
"Most likely, rich women were buried in both crypts where the items were found," Artur Nabokov, an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology of Crimea at the Russian Academy of Sciences, said in the statement, adding that the earrings were probably imported, while the fibulas were made in Crimea.
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