“This is a brothel-type settlement. It dates from the 6th century AD. The dwelling is 3 m long and 2.5 m wide, and here you can see the fire installation, otherwise known as the stove. At that time, the dwellings were dug into the ground, and the roof was made of wood. On the nearly 7 hectares of the archaeological site, 15 such houses were discovered”to miss Florentina LazarObserver reporter.
The treasure under the highway
The discovery was made during the design operations, in the Bâcu and Zurbaua area of Ilfov. Archaeologists have found thousands of objects and fragments of pottery, vessels, tools and weapons. Historians say that the first Bronze Age communities settled on those lands.
“Let’s imagine that on the land where we are now, 5,000 years ago there was nothing. But being a favorable area, agriculture is flourishing left and right, the land is fertile, we have access to water, the climate is mild, temperate , favorable, the first communities from the Bronze Age came and settled here. The last ones we have identified so far are those from the medieval period, who built a small village here.”he says Talida Raduarchaeologist.
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- Ancient treasure discovered during excavations for the A0 Motorway. The sites date back to the 6th century
“It is a multi-layered site, we have materials from the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, we also have from the 2nd-3rd century. These are some bags from the Bronze Age, you can see the decoration specific to the culture – it was painted white. Here we have a stick end, it was used for spinning, the spindle was put here”he explained Silviu Enearchaeologist.
Archaeological research began in March. “Initially we had 4 site areas, now we have 12. 8 more identified additionally. For the first 2 the archaeological research is now being done, we are on schedule”stated Ionel Scrioșteanusecretary of state Ministry of Transport.
The first lot of the A0 Highway is the most delayed, but the archaeological discoveries will not confuse the construction site that will start next month, the authorities promise. “This year, we exceed 70 km of the ring highway open to traffic, and as a novelty, the works will also start again on lot 4, which crosses Lake Cernica”he adds Ionel Scrioșteanusecretary of state Ministry of Transport.
Drivers will be able to drive on all 100 kilometers of the Bucharest Motorway – the new Ring Road – in 2026. Archaeological discoveries are frequent on highway construction sites. In 2022, on the A7, archaeologists found the princely tomb of a warrior buried next to his horse, as well as gold objects.
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