Avar period discovery could rewrite Hungarian history

Avar period discovery could rewrite Hungarian history

The construction of an electric vehicle plant in Szeged has led to the discovery of an extensive Avar-period archaeological complex. Specialists at the Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Centre and Móra Ferenc Museum are working on the excavation, with preliminary surveys identifying twelve archaeological sites within the project area, half of which were previously unknown. One of these locations was found to contain a complete early Av…