Excavations of a dried-up lake have uncovered 550 bronze artifacts and skeletal remains that are more than three millennia old, and they have also shed light on an ancient ritual.
The artifacts were discovered at the bottom of Lake Papowo-Biskupe in Poland. It is noted that the findings revealed how rituals were performed by the people known as the Chelmno people, who trace their roots back to a period from 1,200 B.C. to 450 B.C., coming from the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.
It is noted that this people was a representative of the Lusatian culture prevalent in Poland at that time. It was previously thought that metal artifacts were not important to Chelmno, but excavations have shown that this was far from the case. Researchers claim that artifacts excavated with human remains indicate a connection between burial and metal rituals conducted in large bodies of water.
