Archaeologists have found a 1,500-year-old cemetery in eastern France’s Alsace region, including lavish burials and horse graves.

On Friday, the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) announced the discovery of an “exceptional” 5th-century funerary complex in Horbourg-Wihr, a town near the city of Colmar, including gorgeous burial goods. The complex, among other findings, provides insight into the obscure transition from the Roman Empire to the Merovingian era in Alsace.

The excavations took place within the context of preventive archaeological work executed ahead of a housing construction project. Archaeologists unearthed 11 adult or older adolescent graves, three child graves, and two horse graves, along with varying amounts of burial objects. Two male burials were particularly notable.…