wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 Hmm, so the sword's design is legit. That part checks out. Doesn't mean it's not a reproduction. Hard to believe the bronze would not have corroded, and the design of the arrowheads is still suspect to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 59 minutes ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said: Hard to believe the bronze would not have corroded It is green so it is corroded. It is not that rare to find well preserved bronze sword: see at 2m30s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alre Posted September 23 Report Share Posted September 23 17 hours ago, Gurken Khan said: I had to cross-check this. actually, the latin inscription is not very ironic and basically says that the giver couldn't afford bringing a better gift. still, very nice discovery. I felt it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted September 23 Author Report Share Posted September 23 @alre I like that you cross-checked it. But I'm not sure if we can discern from the written Latin how ironic it was meant. When I think of all the dongs on Hadrian's wall or the graffiti in Pompeii I get the feeling they were a pretty mischievous bunch. (Reading up on the dongs they supposedly were meant to ward off bad luck...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 https://phys.org/news/2024-09-archaeologists-southern-army-fought-europe.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted September 27 Author Report Share Posted September 27 @Genava55 I heard about it yesterday on Deutschlandfunk and also meant to post about it. What I found interesting is A: that finds are skewed because flintstone arrowheads can't be found with metal detectors. And B: they figured from the arrowheads that the group from the south attacked at a bridge, were repelled, fled downstream where they were shot down with northern arrows. Here's the Antiquity article: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/warriors-from-the-south-arrowheads-from-the-tollense-valley-and-central-europe/C4F6ECB759833BFD337D37ADAE564C4B#article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted Tuesday at 19:36 Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 19:36 Previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco discovered Multi-disciplinary archaeological survey at the site of Oued Beht, Morocco, reveals a previously unknown 3400–2900 BC farming society, shedding new light on North Africa’s role in Mediterranean prehistory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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