© Photograph by Pierluigi Giorgi, copyright Antiquity Publications LtdThe rich assemblage of grave goods indicates that the person buried here held a high status.
The lavish tomb is also brimming with other riches, including a stash of weapons, a bronze helmet and vessels made of bronze and clay.
The body of the chariot's owner, however, is long gone.
At the time of burial, the person — likely a man, based on the war-related grave goods — was likely buried under a large mound of dirt that rose above the ground like a giant gumdrop. If his body was placed near the surface, "it would have had little chance of surviving the centuries of subsequent ploughing that have removed all traces of any above ground mound," study researcher Federica Boschi, a senior assistant professor of methods of archaeological research at the University of Bologna in Italy, wrote in the study.
Comment: See also:
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- Scythian tomb with 3 generations of warrior women unearthed in Russia
- Oldest of its kind: Ancient icy tomb of Scythian prince discovered in Siberia
- Iron Age Celtic woman wearing fancy clothes buried in tree coffin in Switzerland
- Gold artifacts found in Scythian grave mounds support claims of ancient Greek historian
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