A Scythian warrior burial in the modern day republic of Tuva has been uncovered – and remarkably tomb robbers never reached the treasure in the tomb. It is on a par with the treasure of Tutankhamon, it is alleged, and there are a lot of images, spilling out of the pages at http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/f0212-focus-on-tuva-… …
Meanwhile, at www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-35539771 … archaeologists have uncovered a buried village on Anglesey, going back to the post-Roman period (7th or 8th century AD). It seems archaeologists in the region know little of the period (in North Wales and Anglesey) which is somewhat similar to the situation elsewhere – in southern England for example.
At www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35558638 … concerns a pit grave in Caithness – cut into rock. It was accompanied by a decorated beaker and therefore has been dated to the later 3rdf millennium BC (when the Beaker people were extent across wide areas of western Europe). Why dig a pit into solid rock?