Archaeological potpourri

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

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. 

[Genava55]

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

[Gurken Khan]

[alre]

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.

[Gurken Khan]

@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...)

[Genava55]

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-archaeologists-southern-army-fought-europe.html

 

[Gurken Khan]

@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

[Gurken Khan]

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. 

[Gurken Khan]

Archeologists have discovered an undisturbed tomb in Petra: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/12/science/petra-tomb-indiana-jones-discovery/index.html

There's been an episode of “Expedition Unknown.” on Discovery Channel about it yesterday.

[Genava55]

 

[Gurken Khan]

Archäologischer Sensationsfund "Der älteste Christ nördlich der Alpen war Frankfurter"

Es ist ein Fund, der die Geschichtsschreibung verändern könnte: In Frankfurt wurde ein 1.800 Jahre altes Amulett mit Inschrift gefunden. Experten halten es für das älteste Zeugnis christlichen Glaubens nördlich der Alpen.

They found a 1,800 year old Roman silver amulet with a Christian inscription, believed to be the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps.

[Lion.Kanzen]

1 hour ago, Gurken Khan said:

Archäologischer Sensationsfund "Der älteste Christ nördlich der Alpen war Frankfurter"

Es ist ein Fund, der die Geschichtsschreibung verändern könnte: In Frankfurt wurde ein 1.800 Jahre altes Amulett mit Inschrift gefunden. Experten halten es für das älteste Zeugnis christlichen Glaubens nördlich der Alpen.

They found a 1,800 year old Roman silver amulet with a Christian inscription, believed to be the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps.

What was in the inscription?

[Gurken Khan]

@Lion.Kanzen Frankfurt silver inscription

[Genava55]