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In addition to 20,000-year-old woolly rhinoceros remains, one of the first evidence of beer consumption will also be on display at the Szentendre MűvészetMalom (“Art Mill”) in the archaeological exhibition A River Runs Through It, open to the public between March 7 and May 18, the Ferenczy Museum Center, organizer of the exhibition, revealed.
The exhibited artifacts provide an insight into the life of people from the Paleolithic, Roman, and Avar periods to the Middle Ages. The exhibition will present the relics of various archaeological periods found in the areas of the Danube Bend, the Buda and Visegrád Hills, the highlands of the Pilis and Börzsöny, the Zsámbék Basin, and the lowland regions of the Pest plain (all near Budapest).
Archaeologist András Rajna, head of the archaeology department of the Ferenczy Museum Center, explained in the press release that the exhibition clearly distinguishes between the artifacts found on one side of the Danube and the other. He added that visitors will also be able to see artifacts found in the Danube, at the bottom of the water.
Among the curiosities, the organizers highlighted a large woolly rhinoceros found near Pécel, over 20,000 years old and preserved in fossilized form in the ground.
In addition to the skeleton, the exhibition will also feature seven stone tools, including hunting points and sharp obsidian blades for cutting up carcasses.
A tomb from the 3rd millennium BC has been uncovered, in which a vessel used to present a drink offering was found next to the corpse.
Archeological analysis suggests that the discovery is evidence of one of the first instances of European beer consumption.
The exhibition will also include a collection of more than 7,000 coins that was hidden in a painted earthenware jar in the village of Vatya during the Turkish conquests of 1526. The exhibition will be accompanied by a two-day conference on March 6 and 7.
Via MTI, Featured image: Wikipedia