Student expedition has found a treasure of ancient coins - national and foreign - in Bazarnaya (Market) Square of Tobolsk, Tyumen Region.
For some weeks eighteen Tyumen archeologists and students examined the square.
They also found massive constructions, and animal shelters, as well as numerous utensils: ceramics, fragments of dishes and clothes dating back to the 18th -19th centuries.
However, the major value of the treasure is not material. The find has become another important proof that in the past Tobolsk used to be a large trading center on the way from Europe to Asia.
Earlier experts studied the history of the city by written documents; the unearthed artifacts will fill in numerous gaps in the history of Tobolsk.
Source: Russia InfoCenter [September 23, 2010]