In June 2024, the builders came across the remains of an ancient burial site while constructing a road to Kumushkon village in Tashkent Region. A preliminary study on the burial site showed several bone fragments and a badly corroded iron sword, the press office of the Agency of Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan reported.
The workers found a very deep hole at the initial construction stage. Further examination revealed that this hole was an underground burial chamber. Not only the sword and bone fragments, but also a bronze ring, ceramic vessels and a bulla seal were found in the chamber.
According to preliminary estimates by scientists, the burial site dates to the 1st millennium AD.
Archaeologists believe that the grave could have belonged to one of the nomadic cattle breeders who lived in this region at that time. The artifacts were delivered to Y. Gulomov Samarkand Archaeological Institute, where they will be studied and analysed thoroughly.
Currently, excavations continue under the supervision of the State Agency for Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan.
