Archaeology - Discoveries of lost civilizations

Archaeological Department

The archaeological department has a prehistoric, ancient, and medieval collection containing objects of the world-famous Koren culture of the Younger Stone Age from Mali Korenovo (5300-4700 BC).

There is also a jug from the Vučedol culture from the Great Trinity (3000-1900 BC), an idol and Vinkovac vessels from the Orovački vinogradi site (2500-1900 BC), a burial complex from the Bronze Age site Srednje Polje in Drljanovac, a Boiu sword from Prgomelje and a Bronze Age hoard of metal objects from Velika Trnovitica (all belonging to the so-called Culture of the Burning Fields 1300-800/750 BC), a Celtic coin from the hoard in Ribnjačka with the name of the local ruler Sosthenes written with the Northern Etruscan alphabet (2nd century BC), registered in the world's numismatic and archaeological literature, as well as ovens, ceramics, and metal objects, as well as a rare find of Easter egg fragments, remains of fabric and leather footwear from the medieval construction site in Gudovac (15th century), as well as stone exhibits from the ancient and medieval period from the 1st to the 15th century, which are located in the lapidary.