The Grave of an Allegedly “Conquest Period Hungarian Warrior” Found in 1959, at Tei Lake near Bucharest
The Grave of an Allegedly “Conquest Period Hungarian Warrior” Found in 1959, at Tei Lake near Bucharest

Author(s): Erwin Gáll
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Bucharest; Lake Tei; 10th century; material culture; “Hungarian warrior”
Summary/Abstract: In 1959, a brief, quarter page long report concerning a 10th century grave of a “Hungarian warrior” who died in the battle against the Bulgars was published by Sebastian Morintz and D. V. Rosetti. However, they did not clarify when and how the finds were recovered; the excavation project documentation has no records provided concerning the grave itself. Consequently, the author supposes that the finds recovered at Lake Tei near Bucharest were uncritically interpreted as a grave from the 10th century. These finds are without clear archaeological context and documentation, and should be removed from the list of 10th century Hungarian graves outside of the Carpathian Basin.

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