The artifacts come from three exceptionally well-preserved warrior burials dating to 920-930, uncovered near Akasztó in Bács-Kiskun County (southern Hungary).

The previously unknown site was found by volunteers in the Katona József Museum's community archaeology programme in Kecskemét, with excavations led by Gábor Wilhelm and Ágnes Füredi.

The richest grave belonged to a high-ranking 17-18-year-old warrior whose silk belt carried gilded silver pendants and a silver sabretache plate on his right side. The surrounding clothing layers, belt and plate remained so intact that archaeologists lifted them in their original positions.

The finds result from collaboration between the Hungarian National Museum and Kecskemét's Katona József Museum, backed by Akasztó local government. These represent the most extensive analyses ever conducted on Hungarian Conquest-era graves.

Specialists from the National Institute of Archaeology, the Hungarian National Museum's Archaeometry Laboratory, ELTE's Institute of Archaeogenomics and Cultural Anthropology Department, HUN-REN Institute of Nuclear Research, and ELTE Natural History Museum carried out the studies.

The exhibition runs until June 7 in the Déli Kandallóterem (South Fireplace Hall) at the Hungarian National Museum.

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