Items discovered. Image Credit : Szent István Király Museum

Hungarian Archaeologists Uncover 1,300-Year-Old Avar Warrior Burial with Intact Sabre

A team from the Szent István Király Museum has discovered an elite warrior’s grave near Aba and Székesfehérvár in central Hungary. The burial, dated between 670 and 690 CE, belonged to a member of the Avar Khaganate, the nomadic empire that ruled the Pannonian Basin and much of Central and Eastern Europe during the early