Overview
- Archaeologists uncovered the earth‑covered princely wagon burial during survey work for a planned solar park near Bad Camberg and presented the finds publicly on Monday.
- The chamber contained high‑status grave goods including solid gold rings for finger, arm and neck, weapon fragments, and an imported Etruscan beak‑ewer that shows long‑distance links to Italy.
- Metal fittings identified as two wheel hub mounts, axle caps and iron rim fittings confirm the burial is a rare two‑wheeled Wagengrab, a burial type with only a few parallels in Hesse.
- Excavators removed several soil blocks for laboratory work and CT and X‑ray scans have already revealed further objects that specialists from hessenARCHÄOLOGIE, the Keltenwelt research centre and the Leibniz Centre will conserve and study over coming years.
- No human bones have been recovered because local soil chemistry prevents bone survival, but officials say the assemblage provides direct evidence of a local Celtic elite and may later be displayed at regional museums such as the Keltenwelt am Glauberg.