23 archeological monuments discovered during the construction of the Moscow-Kazan highway
Olga Zelentsova, a researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the Volga expedition, said that the construction of the Moscow-Kazan highway made it possible to make a whole series of archaeological discoveries, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
In total, archaeologists have found 23 monuments. 6-7 monuments at each stage of construction, from the Stone Age to the late Middle Ages and the New Age. The specialist said that beyond the Oka River on the Moscow-Kazan highway, monuments of the Stone and Bronze Age were found. Monuments of the Bronze Age were also found in Chuvashia and the Nizhny Novgorod region. According to the specialist, it is necessary to inspect the tracks and preserve the cultural heritage.
Earlier it was reported that archaeologists discovered a ceramic bowl of the 5th century in the Krasnodar Territory. Presumably, the item had a ritual purpose.
