ANCIENT GRAVES.
Excavations conducted by the Koenigsberg Prussia Museum have laid bare >on •the heights along the right bank of-the Alle more than forty graves of warriors from the days of the "migration of the peoples," dating from the fourth and fifth centuries of the Christian era. The; finds include spearheads, amber' beads, knives, buckles, bridle-bits, iron swords and other objects. A number of horses had also . been buried with their riders. In,one grave there was found a well-preserved headstall. A great number of urns also were found, some iof them eighteen inches in diameter; '--:-'
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 260, 2 November 1929, Page 15 (Supplement)
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95ANCIENT GRAVES. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 260, 2 November 1929, Page 15 (Supplement)
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