Tomb of Germanic prince might return to the Tatras in 2020

Archaeologists and scientists from Slovakia and abroad have been conducting research on the tomb from Matejovce for 15 years.

(Source: TASR)

A tomb of a Germanic prince dating back to between the 4th and 5th centuries discovered in the Poprad borough of Matejovce could return to Poprad in 2020.

It should be placed in the reconstructed parts of Podtatranské Museum in Poprad.

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Karol Pieta of the Archaeological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra said that the findings are ready, and currently they are waiting for results of the architectonic competition on a project of its installation.

“It is important not to hurry when installing such a precious finding,” he said, as quoted by the SITA newswire. He added that this discovery is not of local importance and the tomb should become one of the most attractive places of cultural tourism in Slovakia.

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