The found grave of Attila and the legend about the grave of Tamerlane with a proposal to urgently bury it back. Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of the warrior Attila. Retreat before the Pope.

The Huns and their jewelry always disappoint women somewhat. Few women's jewelry of the Hunnic period are found, more and more horse jewelry. Most often, burials of a warrior with an unfortunate horse are found; accordingly, you can often admire jewelry for horse harnesses, saddles and weapons. Although women's jewelry is also found. But the horse was more important for the Hun - the horse was everything to him. The Huns traveled from Europe to Asia many times, leaving their mark everywhere. And they became one of the first migrants to European countries under the Celts and Romans.

Where were their women with their Hun jewelry? Will seek. Although, basically, everyone is looking for Atilla’s grave. And, which is typical, they are found periodically. Recently, two were found - one in Budapest, the other in the Odessa region. There were persistent rumors that the excavations had been stopped because some of the officials, unafraid of the curse, had taken Attila's treasures into their hands. And the disturbed spirit of Attila turned his anger on all of Ukraine. That's it.

Hun royal necklace with dragons and two beads, Sotheby's auction

The difficulty is that the Huns are a kind of collective image, a union of tribes, plus one and a half thousand years of history and movement across a vast territory. The Europeans studied very well all the archaeological monuments they found - about 60 of them were found there and it all comes down to just a couple of hundred years. The most famous finds in the territory from the Danube to the Volga and to the Black Sea in the south are mainly from the 4th - 6th centuries, the period of the rule of the Huns. But at the beginning of their history, the Huns, or Xiongnu, lived far from these places, not far from China. Even then they were very warlike and the Chinese even built the Great Wall of China to shoot back from them. They also lived in Mongolia and Transbaikalia. Archaeologists, together with geologists, back in Soviet times, established 3 sacred stones among the most ancient Xiongnu. But I will still start with the finds of the 5th century, much later, but also more famous.

The Huns or Xiongnu conquered Europe and Byzantium in the 5th century and forced even the Romans and Byzantines to pay tribute. They brought such horror to Europe that they are still afraid of a barbaric threat from the east. They haven’t met the Tatar-Mongols yet. The Huns were furious, cruel and ruthless warriors - they destroyed everything that came their way. In the 5th century AD the Huns controlled a vast territory, and their memory was preserved in the name of Hungary - Hungaria. Their descendants can also be found there. Of course, they were not the very first migrants in history and not the last, but in Europe they were probably never so happy to get rid of this blatant migrant incivility of the era of the Great Migration. One of the recent finds that has attracted attention is the tomb of Atilla in Hungary. Although, however, such messages should be treated, to put it mildly, with caution.

While building a bridge over the Danube in Budapest, builders stumbled upon a rich 5th-century tomb that may have belonged to the Hun king Atilla. One of the legends says that Attila’s burial is really located at the bottom of the river; for this, the Huns diverted part of the riverbed, and after burial they returned the river to its place - so that no one could disturb the ashes of their leader. Many horses and a sword made of meteorite iron were found in the burial. It is known that Attila owned the sword of Mars, the sacred sword of the Scythian kings. All this was actually published in the press, but I have not yet been able to find anything about the further fate of the find due to problems with the Hungarian language.

In the photo: jewelry from a Hunnic burial in Wollsteim on the Rhine, where traditional nomadic items were found - a neck decoration, bracelets, a belt buckle, jewelry for a horse, an amber amulet bead, which was used as a pendant for a sword. mprov.uw.edu.pl

Based on the above, the finds of European archaeologists are especially interesting - since they relate to a specific Hunnic community and historical period, and also differ from other archaeological sites that surround them.

Golden Hunnic diadem from the Odessa region. Looks like it's finally female. Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne.mprov.uw.edu.pl

Jewelry from a Hun burial in Hungary. mprov.uw.edu.pl

An oval-shaped fibula with a geometric pattern made of gold wire with carnelian in the center and beads around the circle - characteristic features of Hunnic jewelry. art.thewalters.org/detail/37073/fibula-5/

Hun fibula in the form of a horse's head

Horse trappings medievalists.net

Hollow bracelet with beaded clasp around a round garnet in the center. Decorated with filigree. The bracelet is for women, but judging by its size, it was worn on the forearm. But it might just as well be masculine. art.thewalters.org/detail/23641/bracele t-4/

Earring and pendant, gold, cloisonne enamel, garnet and green glass inserts. late IV - early V centuries, Hunnic period, Crimea, Kerch. British museum

The Huns were pagan nomads, the characteristic features of their culture were the cult of ancestors, fortune telling, predictions, priests similar to shamans, rituals with intoxicating drinks, which were apparently brewed in their famous ritual cauldrons. The Huns believed in the afterlife, thanks to which archaeologists find all the lifetime property of the deceased Hun in burials. There was a practice of human sacrifice. Attila's young wife Kriemhild (Ildek according to other legends) was buried alive with him. If this is so, some women's jewelry should still be discovered in Attila's burial.

Belt buckle

Belt ring

Fragment of a horse harness

Horse harness decoration

In 2010, a unique exhibition “Gold of the Huns” appeared at the Kursk Archaeological Museum. It consisted of decorations from the “Fatezh” (named after the region) treasure of the 5th century. These are 300 items from the burial of a noble warrior with a horse discovered by a black digger. The jewelry is inlaid with garnets and other semi-precious stones, mosaics of garnets and green glass using the cloisonne technique - that is, cloisonné enamel. The value of the treasure is tentatively estimated at $1 million. . According to the theory of Olga Shcheglova, the warrior was not a Hun, but a German Ostrogoth, since the Kursk region was once part of the empire of Geranaric. So not all points have been made yet. But the treasures of the Huns and the treasures of the Hunnic era are still two different things.

The face of the Hun is conditional - it was impossible to establish the Mongoloid type from the remains of the skull, the diggers were not interested in the remains of the warrior and the skull, the skull was damaged

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At the same time, sensational news appeared about a similar treasure that had disappeared in an unknown direction. It’s amazing how black diggers have become better at finding treasures than archaeologists. The story is this: a digger found the burial of, apparently, also a rich warrior with a horse on the shore of Yallugh Island in the Odessa region and posted photographs of the treasures on the Internet with an offer to sell the treasure for $250 thousand. However, he was soon robbed and the treasures disappeared. These photos are below. (I’ve never seen better marketing for stolen treasure).

By the way, there is information that in the Odessa region, archaeologists also relatively recently excavated a certain Hunnic settlement and allegedly also found O cursed treasures of Attila, but the excavations were stopped and the treasures were lost. In general, there are versions that the current problems of Ukraine are connected with the curses of the disturbed Hunnic treasures. I don’t want to get distracted, I just added a film at the end of the post about the spells of treasures, about the dead who guard them, about sacrifices to protect treasures, etc. There is a little bit about Attila’s treasures and Ukrainian excavations. By the way, aren’t we talking about the same treasure in the Odessa region?

Let's return to the stolen treasures of the black digger. Experts believe that the treasure belongs to a Hun or, again, an East German warrior of high standing, perhaps even a king of the 5th century. The grave dates back not to Attila himself, but to his sons, of whom he had more than 200, so anything can happen. The decorations are Byzantine work, and in such cases it is difficult to determine exactly whose tomb was disturbed by the diggers. One can only add that the vandalism of the black diggers is comparable to the vandalism of the Huns themselves - such burials could provide archaeologists with a lot of valuable information. Burials with similar contents were found at different times over a vast territory - in the Samara region, Crimea, Poland, Austria, Scotland, France, Kabardino-Balkaria. .

Pendant or Colt - Kzyl-Kaynartobe, III-V century. This type of kolts is found most often among women's jewelry.

Temple pendants, gold and colored stones. Aktasty burial ground, Almaty region. III-V centuries BC Suspiciously high quality.

Colt - gold, amber, garnet, testent.ru/forum/8-200-1

The Huns used skull deformation and facial scarring, ernak-horde.com/Hun_origins.

The Huns were very different in appearance from the population of Europe in the 4th-5th centuries. Sometimes they had elongated skulls and scars inflicted on the face in childhood, in order to accustom the future warrior to feel pain. The fashion for elongated skulls among nomads was very widespread; in some periods such a skull was found in 80% of the nomadic population. All ancient authors write about the fact that the Huns are characterized by Mongoloid facial features. They had short stature and a disproportionate figure - the upper body was developed and muscular, and the legs were weak. However, the Romans, whose average height was 165 cm, hardly mention their height; apparently it did not surprise them. The Huns were excellent horsemen and sometimes people around them even doubted whether they could walk - the Huns fought, traded, ate and even slept on horses. Contemporaries describe their characteristic wild rage, lack of moral principles, deceit and unreliability as allies. However, all the surrounding peoples fought and hated them. This is how contemporary authors describe them. The gunas themselves did not know how to read or write, and their point of view on this matter is unknown.

Colt of the Hunnic era from the Saratov Museum

There is still some debate about the relationship between the “Xiongnu” or Xiongnu mentioned in Chinese records and the Huns known in Europe. In English, the Huns are "huns". And among the supporters of continuity is Lev Gumilyov. Early archaeological finds associated with the Xiongnu date back to the 10th century. BC, rich tombs - from the first centuries AD. The Xiongnu were created in the 3rd-1st centuries. a real empire, but China dealt them such blows that the Xiongnu empire collapsed and part of the Xiongnu went west. Rich tombs of the Hunnic type were discovered in Mongolia during this period. Altai, Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan, on the Ural and Kama rivers. The Xiongnu moved further from the Urals (some researchers believe that the reason was severe winters and droughts) and came to the Lower Danube, where the Alans lived, whom they conquered in a short time. The Xiongnu brought previously unknown objects to Europe - a specially shaped bow, a double-edged sword with an amulet in the form of a large ball of amber or other semi-precious stone, and high wooden saddles. In women's graves, tiaras made of sheet gold, inlaid with semi-precious stones (especially often garnets), complex gold earrings (kolts) and metal mirrors are found. Large copper cauldrons weighing up to 50 kg are often found, apparently used for sacrificial purposes. In European burials of the Huns, deformed elongated skulls are found, which could have been achieved as a result of actions carried out in infancy. In other places, it is rarely possible to examine the skull; more often, in the pursuit of treasures, the values ​​of the skeleton and the type of burial were forgotten. In European burials, examined more thoroughly, human victims are found.

Pendant, apparently having the same meaning as the Colt - 2 pendants were attached on both sides to the diadem. From a female burial of the Hunnic period (5th century), discovered near the city of Zelenokumsk, Stavropol Museum of Local Lore. An article with an analysis of Hunnic jewelry on the territory of Russia - zelenokumsk2006.narod.ru/gunn.html

The Huns defeated the Ostrogoths and Visigoths, and as allies of the Romans they defeated the Burgundians on the Middle Rhine, this event easily became the basis of the Song of the Nibelungs. For this cooperation, the commander Aetius ceded them lands in northern Pannonia. But many Huns live in the Black Sea region and throughout the region controlled by the Huns. Huge sums of tribute were paid to the Huns - treasures with large quantities of gold Roman coins are periodically found in the Danube regions. Atilla, with 30 thousand horsemen, was an ally of the Romans in the conquest of Celtic Gaul.

On June 21, 451, one of the bloodiest and most famous battles, called the “Battle of the Nations,” took place on the Catalunian hills, 150 km east of Paris. The Roman army was led by Flavius ​​Aetius; many barbarians fought on the side of the Romans - Goths, Franks, Alans, Visigoths, Burgandians and others. The battle lasted 7 days, 165 thousand soldiers died. The Huns were defeated in the battle, but did not completely lose their combat effectiveness. Attila returned to Hungary, where he began to prepare a new attack on Rome - but a year later died (they say from drunkenness, but there is a beautiful legend that he was stabbed to death by his new wife, the daughter of a Burgundian prince, at a wedding feast). The Huns, having lost their leader, were soon defeated by the Germans and Alans, some of them remained in Europe, some left.

Among the large number of rich male burials in Europe, several female burials were also found in Normandy and Alsace. Large brooches with almandines, gold foil jewelry sewn to clothes, and metal mirrors were found in them.

Early 5th century Hun diadem, National Museum of Budapest

SACRED STONES OF THE HUNNU

The first archaeological research of the Xiongnu era on the territory of Mongolia began to be carried out by Soviet archaeologists. In the Noin-Ula mountains, in the Sutsukte valley, archaeologists discovered jewelry with greenish-blue turquoise, green jade and carnelian. These are the favorite stones of the Xiongnu, they are also found in other places. According to geologists, jade was of Eastern Sayan origin, turquoise was from the Erdenegiin-Obo (Treasure Mountain) deposits, and carnelian was from Transbaikalia. It is interesting that carnelian and similar in color, but more valuable garnet, are constant companions of Hunnic burials. Although the ancient nomads in the territory of modern Mongolians preferred yellow carnelian. Jade disappears from jewelry as the Huns move away from their original habitats - but green glass can often be found. But turquoise seems to completely disappear from Hunnic fashion.

Lipovsky writes about Mongolian finds in his book “The Precious Necklace of the Gobi.” There he also describes a curious case of finding an amulet made of yellow carnelian with writing. One such stone was found in the basin of the Tarey Lakes in Southern Buryatia on the border with Mongolia near Lake Zun-Tarey; perhaps it was thrown to the spirit of the lake as a spell stone; another similar one was found during excavations of the Hunnic archaeological site in Noin-Ula.

The archaeological expedition of P. Kozlov laid the foundation for the study of Xiongnu monuments in Mongolia - the expedition studied the culture of tiled graves; most historians consider the bearers of this culture to be the ancestors of the Xiongnu. In addition to the Noin-Ul mounds discovered by Kozlov, the scientist A. Okladnikov discovered a rich burial ground near the city of Darkhan. The Mongol-Hungarian expedition discovered many Hunnic burial mounds on the Hunnu River (Hunnuy-Gol). Here the routes of archaeologists and Soviet geologists crossed.

The tip of a neck decoration in the shape of a dragon-wolf, late 4th century, Stavropol Territory, Tatarka village. Gold, inlaid with garnets. Found

Soviet geologists were looking for jade in the area of ​​the Sumbreriin-Gol river. Although, according to geologists, there could not be jade here, but because of the discovery in these places of a block of jade weighing 152 kg, they searched until they realized that the block served as the central stone of the Khereksur burial ground and, apparently, was brought here with one of the deposits in the Eastern Sayan. The identity of the jade from the decorations in the burial grounds to the same Sayan jade was also confirmed.

Bracelet late 4th-early 5th century, Taman, Sennaya village, gold, garnets.

At the same time, geologists determined that greenish-blue turquoise comes from the Erdeneytiin-Obo (Treasure Mountain) deposit in Mongolia. Among the archaeological finds in Mongolia, round and oblong carnelian beads, pendants and magical amulets of heart-shaped and other shapes were discovered. Actually, what am I getting at? That the union of archaeologists and geologists can lead to real big discoveries, and archaeological finds require diverse research.
from burials of the Lower Volga region, L., 1968, etc.

SEARCH FOR BIBION

Treasures looted by the Huns haunt treasure hunters to this day. Most of the archaeological finds are burials and a few treasures, which do not compare with the treasures that must have belonged to Attila himself. According to some information gleaned from ancient authors, they are buried in Attila's last Italian residence - Bibione. However, this city, which in ancient times was located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, like some other cities, went under water when the water level of the Mediterranean basin rose. Finding the legendary Bibione is the dream of many submarine archaeologists.

The one who came closest to the solution to Bibione was PProfessor of Archeology Fontani. Having studied the route of the Huns along the ancient Roman road from Ravenna to Trieste via Padua, he discovered that the ancient road ended in one of the lagoons of the Gulf of Venice. Local residents obtained stone to build their houses from the bottom of the sea, and ancient coins of the 5th century were also found there, many of which ended up in the local museum. All this indicated that the city that disappeared one and a half thousand years ago could be located here. Research involving scuba divers made it possible to discover the ruins of the fortress, and many coins were found. But it has not yet been proven that this is the city of Bibione.

Why only one of the peoples of Asia moved towards Rome, how to explain the success of the Hunnic conquests, where the Huns disappeared after the death of Attila and, finally, where are the Hunnic treasures - there are no comprehensive answers to all these questions yet.

Jewelry of the Huns, more precisely of the “Hunnic period”, is decoration of horse harness, saddles and swords; talisman beads for swords are found in Europe. Men's jewelry is characterized by neck hoops, bracelets, belts and brooch clasps. For women - tiaras, to which, most likely, earrings like kolts on a braid were attached. Tiaras could be part of a cloth headdress. Part of the decoration was sewn onto clothing. Gold foil was often used, that is, silver or copper jewelry was “wrapped” in gold foil on the front side. Characterized by inlay with stones, mostly red, often with almandine garnets. The quality of the jewelry varies; there is jewelry of Byzantine work. Cloisonné enamel and granulation were widely used in jewelry, incl. grain beads were soldered along the entire edge.

And for the same lovers of scary stories about treasures and treasures, like me, I’m adding a video from the series of Secrets of the World programs, where there is a little about the Ukrainian-Hun treasure and about all the famous unfound treasures.

Atilla. The mystery of the ancient treasure

Time: 434-453 Place: Europe

The Huns are a horde of cruel nomadic conquerors who invaded at the end of the 4th century. to Europe. Who they are is not known for certain. Where they came from too. Historians do not know for sure where and how these numerous tribes were formed, conquering the territory from the mouth of the Volga to the Carpathians. The Huns managed to oust the formidable Goths and Alans from the Black Sea region, many other peoples were forced to flee from their lands, some of them became part of the nomadic army. The Greeks and Romans describe the Huns as savages and freaks, short, beardless, with crooked noses and legs, unable to dress hides, sleeping in the open air and eating raw meat. The nomad troops had no formation. Wielding only a saber, axe, sling and lasso, they prevailed with numbers and pressure, lack of fear and furious pressure. The Huns had neither tents nor yurts, but only carts in which families and supplies were transported. In fact, horses were their only “equipment”, transport and weapons.

Attila the conqueror

In 448-450 Attila, the leader of the Huns, marched his troops against Byzantium. As a result of several bloody battles, the empire was forced to urgently conclude an unfavorable peace with the Huns. The wild nomads were paid about two tons of gold as compensation. To do this, the emperor had to not only empty the treasury, but also rob his people.

In 451, the leader of the Huns sent his army further to Europe. Seas rich in fish, forests full of animals, fertile land and countless amounts of stolen goods did not satisfy the nomads who were accustomed to movement - they needed the whole world, and they set out to conquer it. First, the Huns captured the lands bordering the Eastern part of the already divided Roman Empire (Byzantium), and then moved towards Rome. Standing at the borders, the barbarians demanded a ransom for non-aggression, and according to one version, the Roman Emperor Valentinian III paid Attila 6 thousand pounds of gold. Another, most realistic, version of the retreat of the Huns is a sudden onset of plague. In 453, the Huns crossed the Rhine and moved to Gaul. However, here they were defeated in the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields. Attila only had one year to replenish his army and go to Rome again. The temptation to take the city was great, and the panicky fear of the well-armed, skillfully fighting Romans in front of the hordes of the Huns only fueled his desire to capture the Eternal City and raze it to the ground.

Death of the Hun leader

However, Attila's plans remained plans. In 453, after another wedding, the leader of the Huns unexpectedly died. According to the Gothic historian of the 6th century. Jordanes, recounting Priscus, the only European ambassador to the Huns, who witnessed death, the following happened. Immediately after the feast, after drinking a lot of wine, Attila fell asleep and choked on blood as a result of a nosebleed that began in his sleep.

The Huns placed Attila's body in three coffins - gold, silver and iron - as a sign that he mined gold and silver with iron. Riders in battle armor rode around the mound three times, accompanying their actions with songs glorifying Attila. Then, on the top of the mound, a “strava” was built (translated from Slavic as “food”, “feast”). Witnesses to the funeral from ordinary members of the tribe were killed in order to maintain the secret of the burial. Nevertheless, it is not clear where the conqueror’s grave was built - in the mound itself or in a secret place. Priscus's text talks about this in an extremely unclear way. According to another version, which, however, does not correspond to historical truth, the Huns buried Attila and part of his treasures in the riverbed. To do this, they allegedly built a dam, diverted the water, and then broke the barrier, again allowing the flow to flow along the old bed and thus hiding the burial.

Great Warrior's Tomb

It is believed that Attila's grave is located near modern Budapest. But her repeated searches were never successful. It was as if there was no leader of the Huns who collected enormous wealth in campaigns and received tons of gold from Byzantium, and possibly Rome, as a ransom. Considering that Attila was buried in a mound, and not at the bottom of a river, then over the past centuries this mound was probably razed to the ground by rain and wind or plundered by gold seekers. It is likely that the bones of the great conqueror have been lying in the ground for a long time, and his legendary coffins were sawn apart and melted down by some lucky digger. In addition, the sons of Attila, and indeed the Huns in general, were barbarians, that is, people without clear moral principles and laws. It is difficult to imagine that in addition to jewelry and coffins made of gold and silver, tons of treasures were also placed in the leader’s grave. As soon as Attila died, a struggle for power and inheritance began among his many sons, which led to the immediate collapse of the empire. Some sons died - they were persecuted and punished for the actions of their father.

The same Romans were quite capable of finding a funeral witness among Attila’s military leaders and secretly digging up, if not gold, then at least a precious coffin. So what happens, treasure diggers are looking for yesterday?..

In the first half of the 5th century, one of the Hun princes, Attila, having destroyed other leaders, united all the Slavic-Hunnic hordes under his rule. Despite his greed for conquest and booty, this barbarian was gifted with a cunning mind and a strong will. The capital of his kingdom was located in Pannonia, on the banks of the Tisza, and was a vast military camp built with wooden houses and clay huts. Attila's entourage flaunted expensive clothes and horse harnesses, looted carpets and silver dishes, and he himself did not like pomp; ate from wooden utensils and ate simple food. In appearance he was a real Hun, but his proud posture and the lively, penetrating gaze of his small eyes revealed in him a consciousness of his superiority over others. Tradition tells that a Hun shepherd once saw a deep wound on the leg of his cow; Following the bloody trail, he found the tip of a large, rusty sword sticking out of the ground. This sword was probably one of those that the ancient Scythians dedicated to the god of war. The shepherd brought the sword to Attila, who accepted it with great joy and announced that the gods were sending him this sacred sword so that he would conquer the universe.

Not content with the tribute of the subject peoples, Attila planned to attack the Western Roman Empire and plunder its rich cities. First, he defeated the northern provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire, imposed a large tribute on Emperor Theodosius II and demanded that he cede some more lands. Theodosius sent an embassy to Attila in Pannonia to negotiate peace. They say that at the same time he gave a secret order to kill the terrible neighbor, but the king of the Huns, warned about this treachery, repaid him only with contempt. Among the Byzantine ambassadors was the historian Priscus, who described Attila, his court and capital. The successor of Theodosius II, Emperor Marcian. refused tribute to the Huns and declared that “he has gold for friends, and iron for enemies.” Marcian's firmness and the impossibility of taking Constantinople forced Attila to leave the Eastern Roman Empire alone and turn to the Western. The reason for the attack was his claim to the hand of Valentinian III's sister, Honoria, and to half the lands of the Western Empire as her dowry.

From the Huns, Germans, Danube Slavs and other subject peoples, Attila gathered a huge militia, more than half a million warriors. Devastating everything in his path, he passed through Germany and entered Gaul. The peoples in horror called him the Scourge of God; he was proud of this nickname and said that grass should not grow where his horse stepped. Folk legends of Gaul tell about various miracles that occurred during this invasion. For example, Paris was saved by the prayers of a simple girl, Genevieve. The inhabitants were already preparing to leave it, but the Huns turned away from the city, Attila went further to the banks of the Loire and besieged Orleans. The Bishop of Orleans (Saint An-yang) supported the courage of the townspeople with the hope of God's help. Finally, the besieged were brought to the extreme: the outskirts were already occupied by the enemy, and the walls of the city were shaking under the blows of the rams. Those who could not bear arms prayed fervently in churches. The bishop had already sent watchmen to the tower twice; Those sent twice returned without seeing anything. The third time they announced that a cloud of dust appeared at the edge of the horizon. “This is God’s help!” exclaimed the bishop. Indeed, it was the Roman commander and governor of Gaul Aetius, who, in addition to the Roman legions, led with him allies - the Visigoths and Franks.

Attila retreated to Chalons on the Marne (in Champagne) to the Catalaunian fields, where there was room for cavalry (451). The battle of nations took place here; The streams that flowed through the valley turned into bloody rivers, and the wounded who quenched their thirst from them immediately died. More than one hundred and fifty thousand people remained in place. (The bitterness of the opponents was so great that, according to popular belief, the souls of the slain fought in the air for three more days.) The art of Aetius and the courage of the Visigoths prevailed. The Huns locked themselves in their camp; Attila ordered to surround him on all sides with wagons, and in the middle to build a huge fire of saddles, on which he decided to burn if the enemy broke into the camp. But he managed to deceive the Romans, he pretended that he wanted to resume the offensive himself: the Huns blew trumpets, shook their weapons and shouted warlikely. “So the lion, pursued by the hunters to his lair, turns around, stops them and terrifies them with a roar” (words of Jordan). The Romans did not dare to attack the camp, especially since the young Visigothic king Thorismund left Aetius with his squads, Attila crossed back the Rhine. Thus, the Battle of Catalunya saved Western Christian Europe from enslavement by pagan barbarians.

The following year, Attila launched an invasion of Italy with fresh forces. He devastated the Po River valley and wanted to go to Rome. The cowardly Emperor Valentinian III tried to appease Attila and send Pope Leo I as an ambassador with gifts. Attila graciously accepted the embassy, ​​especially since the hot Italian climate and the abundance of unusual delicacies and wines caused destructive diseases among the Huns, and his winner, Aetius, managed to receive help from the Byzantine emperor Marcian. Attila agreed to a truce and returned to his capital. And here the Scourge of God suddenly died during his wedding with the German princess Hildegund. Tradition says that Hildegund took revenge on him for the murder of her parents. The king's corpse was enclosed in three coffins, gold, silver and iron. He was buried at night by torchlight in a deserted place; all the slaves who served during this were killed so that no one would know where Attila’s grave and the precious booty buried with him were located.

The Hunnic kingdom was divided among the sons of Attila. The subject Germanic and West Slavic peoples rebelled and overthrew the rule of the Huns.

Someone is close to the idea, which has long been leaked to the media, that the invasion of Hitler’s troops into the territory of the Soviet Union occurred precisely because on the eve of June 21, 1941, Tamerlane’s grave was opened. Before this scientist, they pointed to a place in an ancient book where it was mentioned that it was impossible to dig up Timur’s grave, as war would begin: “Whoever opens the grave of Tamerlane will release the spirit of war. And there will be such a bloody and terrible carnage, such as the world has never seen forever...”

This is what happened, although in our technogenic world no one can yet prove the connection between the two events. It is all the more clear that the plan for war with the USSR was developed in advance. Historians claim that the date of the invasion was set at June 10, 1941, that is, long before the opening of the grave. But for some reason it began on June 22, 1941.

And here is another version, also not provable, not documented, not predicted, but possible

In 2014, during the construction of a bridge over the Danube River in the capital of Hungary (Budapest), workers unearthed a stunning coffin. Analysis of the monument showed that it was the burial chamber of the great Hun leader, most likely King Attila himself.

Many horse skeletons were found, as well as various weapons and other artifacts, all traditionally associated with the Huns. These objects include a large sword made from meteorite iron, which could certainly belong to the legendary Attila, the "Scythian Sacred Sword of War", allegedly given to him by the god of war Mars himself.

Attila died in 453 after a feast while celebrating his last marriage to a beautiful and young princess named Ildiko. He led many military campaigns against the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, which went down in history as the barbarian invasions or the Great Migration, a large-scale movement of Germanic peoples that significantly accelerated the fall of Rome and the emergence of medieval Europe. Attila did not lose a single battle, but did not take Rome, although he came to its walls.

What the Pope and the most cruel leader of the barbarians Attila were talking about is still unknown. The conversation lasted more than an hour. And after this, the unheard of happened - Attila, this horror of Europe and the Antichrist, turned his army and walked away from Rome.

According to historians, he was a Hungarian and was the founder of the country.

Contemporaries called him “the Scourge of God” and “the Destroyer of Europe.” There were legends about his cruelty, which he supported in every possible way.

They dug up Attila's coffin and ISIS went on the offensive! Yes, ISIS did not arise on the same day that an unexpected discovery was made in Budapest. ISIS arose earlier, but the ISIS crusade began in 2014. Then crowds of refugees poured in, mixed with terrorists. Europe is collapsing, and not quietly, but right along its borders. Wasn’t the “Destroyer of Europe” angry?! And then think for yourself...

Stalin gave the order to rebury Tamerlane. It doesn’t seem to have helped much - more than 20 million deaths. Or maybe, just in case, Attila should be returned to the ground too, it won’t make him any worse alive...

During the construction of a bridge across the Danube in Budapest, a Hun burial from the 6th century was discovered. According to archaeologists, this may be the tomb of the great Hun leader Attila, wielding a sword made of meteoric iron.

“We found many skeletons of horses, as well as various weapons and other artifacts belonging to the Huns. Among them is a large sword made of meteorite iron, which could certainly belong to the Hun leader Attila,” says archaeologist Albrecht Rümschtein from the University of Budapest (Lorand Eötvös University).

However, the scientist admits that further analysis is needed to confirm the identity of the buried person.

The legend of the appearance of the famous sword of Attila is told by the historian Jordan, referring to Priscus of Panius: “A certain shepherd, he says, noticed that one heifer from his herd was limping, but did not find the reason for her injury; Concerned, he followed the bloody trail until he approached the sword, which she had carelessly stepped on while she was nibbling grass; the shepherd dug up the sword and immediately brought it to Attila. He rejoiced at the offering and, being arrogant, imagined that he had been appointed ruler of the whole world and that through this Sword of Mars he had been granted power in wars.”

P.S. According to legend, Attila was buried in a golden coffin, which was placed in a lead coffin, the river was blocked, the coffin was placed and the river was allowed back. Nobody knows where it was. And the found tomb most likely belongs to some courtier.

It is too early to make an assumption based only on the discovery of the sword.