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Article: SLOVENIA: FIRST AVAR GRAVE DISCOVERED IN SLOVENIA.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- December 23, 2001
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The daily "Delo" reported on 11 December that archeologists have unearthed the first Avar grave discovered in Slovenia. The find occurred during roadway repairs in Menges, 20 kilometers northeast of Ljubljana. Gregor Stibernik, an archeologist from the Menges Museum, announced on 10 December that 16 graves were discovered altogether. Most of them were urn graves from the late Iron Age (7th century BC). Unfortunately, these were not well-preserved. However, four medieval graves from the 7th century AD contained skeletons, and archeologists confirmed the contents of one grave as Avar. If the other graves -- which appear to contain a family -- are confirmed as ...