Avar cemetery over 1300 years old found near Sárosd

Archaeologists from the Szent István Király Museum discovered an Avar-era cemetery in Sárosd, identifying over 30 graves with significant burial artifacts. This excavation was conducted prior to a jércenevelő facility construction, confirming earlier suspicions from a 1959 find of two Avar graves. Among the notable discoveries is the grave of a high-status male, dated between 650 and 700 AD, containing a gilded silver hair ornament and pressed belt decorations, indicating his elevated status. Other graves yielded simpler artifacts like iron knives and spindle whorls.