1,600-year-old burials in Crimea hold gold and silver jewelry from 'rich women'

[Still Waters]

Archaeologists have unearthed gold and silver jewelry at an early-medieval burial ground near the city of Sevastopol in Crimea.

The new finds indicate that the burial ground — the Almalyk-dere necropolis on the Mangup plateau, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of Sevastopol — was for elite members of a society that spread across southwestern Crimea from the late fourth century until the sixth century.

Archaeologists first excavated parts of the Mangup plateau in the 19th century, and it has been systematically investigated since the 20th century. "As usual, this burial ground brought surprises," Valery Naumenko, an archaeologist at V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, said in a translated statement. "Despite the severe robbery of these complexes, there are things that are of independent scientific interest."

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-600-year-old-burials-in-crimea-hold-gold-and-silver-jewelry-from-rich-women