The Curse of Byzantium and the Coin of Emperor Constantine

7 hrs. 25 min.

Language Russian

Author Maria Ochakovskaya

Narrator Leontina Brotskaya

Description

Professor of archaeology Dmitry Sergeyevich Lobov did what he had always done—his usual and beloved work: he led an archaeological expedition in the Novgorod region. One day, a local soothsayer came to the camp and said it was sinful to disturb other people’s graves, but of course the scholars didn’t take her words seriously. Soon after her visit, a warrior’s burial was discovered, along with an enormous sword, a gold Byzantine cup with ornamentation, a gold coin bearing the image of Emperor Constantine, and other artifacts. The archaeologists rejoiced, but the workers from a nearby village began to grumble and refused to work any further. Lobov had to leave for the city on business, and when he returned, he found a terrible scene: the workers had fallen ill with an unknown disease that closely resembled smallpox—blackpox—several people had already died. And the most valuable golden finds had vanished without a trace…