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# A fifth-century burial ground with weapons and two horses excavated at Orbourg-Vire near Colmar
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/vo-frantsii-raskopali-mogilnik-v-veka-v-orbur-vire-bliz-kolmara/
- Published: 2026-11-12T08:36:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-12T14:10:38.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: The Golden Age, Archaeology

In France, a burial ground of the fifth century has been excavated at Horbourg-Wihr near Colmar. Burials were made here between 450 and 500, that is, in the years of the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire. Archaeologists uncovered the graves of 11 adults, three children and two horses, which had been interred together with their harness. In the women's graves lay silver brooches in the shape of birds, necklaces of glass beads and a bone comb. In the men's burials archaeologists found a sword with the remains of wooden scabbards, a shield, an angon and a scramasax. The scramasax from Horbourg-Wihr is adorned with a plaque of gold and garnet. Archaeologists had previously found such weapons in the graves of Germanic chieftains or mercenaries. Stab wounds with no sign of healing indicate that two of the men met a swift and violent death.