Ancient Roman grave in Germany yields stunning 1,500-year-old jewelry collection

Miami Herald unveils that a stunning collection of ancient accessories, resting undisturbed for over a thousand years, has recently come to light in southern Germany.

For more than a thousand years, a fascinating collection of accessories lay undisturbed in an ancient Roman grave in southern Germany—but that has changed. Recently, archaeologists revealed a stunning array of artifacts discovered during the excavation of a 1,500-year-old burial site in Pförring, as reported by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation on September 19. 

The assortment of blue-green items was found resting on the thigh bone of an ancient woman and was originally attached with leather straps. Among the 1,500-year-old treasures were several rings, three Roman coins, a bone needle box, two keys, a decorative glass disc, a walnut pendant, and a snail shell, all of which amazed the researchers. In additional photographs, the individual items appear after X-ray analysis and restoration. Archaeologists suggested that these findings resembled ancient belt charms and believe they held both fashion and symbolic significance. 

The ancient accessories have also been compared to a Bavarian charivari, a decorative belt chain adorned with coins or other trinkets, traditionally worn in southern Germany. Charivaris, inspired by watch chains during the Napoleonic era, served a similar decorative purpose as the artifacts found in Pförring, located about 300 miles southwest of Berlin.

By Naila Huseynova