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1,600-year-old burials in Crimea hold gold and silver jewelry from 'rich women'

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Archaeologists have unearthed gold and silver jewelry at an early-medieval burial ground in Crimea .

The jewelry was found in two crypts dating from between the fourth and sixth centuries .

The finds indicate that the burial ground was for elite members of a society that spread across southwestern Crimea .