A tomb of 3,000 years may contain the treasure of Scythia prince

A German archaeologist finds the oldest tomb belonging to a prince of the Scythian warrior clan in Siberia.

The ancient burial tomb is believed to belong to a 9th-century prince of Scythia discovered by a Swiss archaeologist Gino Caspari, according to the International Business Times on January 12. This may be the oldest and largest burial grave ever found in Siberia, which may contain intact treasures, helping the world to better understand warriors who lived more than 2,500 years ago.

Some of the oldest tombs of the Scythian royal family include stone structures with circular graves arranged in a circle. The wall of tombs is made up of pine logs and burial items often found in graves including weapons, harnesses and animal-style decorations.

Scythians are warriors on horseback.(Artwork: IB Times).

"The archaeologists' method became much more sophisticated than in the 1970s. Today, we have completely different ways of examining materials in order to learn more about transition from the end of the Age. Copper to the Iron Age , " Caspari said in a report published in the Asian Archaeological Research magazine.

With funding from the Swiss National Science Association (SNSF), Caspari arrived at the burial tomb of Arzhan 0 or Tunnung 1 located in the area known as the "Valley of Siberian Kings". The new tomb discovered the relic Arzhan 1, which is believed to be the oldest Scythian prince in the region, about a kilometer. "Prehistoric sites are 5 hours away from the nearest settlement by off-road vehicle," Caspari said.

Caspari argued that the site's hard-to-reach location could point to a burial grave that has never been seen by grave robbers and is likely to contain treasures. In the period of 2001-2004, a group of German archaeologists discovered a burial site of the Bronze Age that has not been robbed, containing the largest number of artifacts. More than 1,000 objects were excavated from this tomb, including sophisticated decorative weapons and a royal necklace made of solid gold weighing two kilograms.

"If we're lucky, we can find well-preserved wooden carvings or carpets underneath the stone layer, or maybe frozen mummies , " Caspari hopes.