Varghis

Varghis is the village of the commune with the same name in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located inside the north-western a part of the county, in the Baraolt Depression, at the river Varghis. The first documentary testimony dates again to 1334, however the archaeological discoveries made on the territory of the village prove the lifestyles of man here long earlier than.

Several caves with residing strains, courting from the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages, have been located inside the Varghis keys. In some caves on the left and proper bank of Varghis brook, ceramic fragments belonging to the Starcevo-Cris culture pottery adorned with wheat spice, mixed with ceramics type Cotofeni and Wietenberg, were observed. At the peak of the "Kovesberc" hill, at the occasion of production works made within the years 1950 to 1951, a tumulus changed into destroyed with several graves. From here, three bronze pieces a bracelet, a knife and a needle with a rolled head and a ceramic pot, courting returned to the past due Bronze Age.