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'Extremely rare' 3,000-year-old sword discovered in Germany is so well preserved it SHINES, archaeologists say
Daily Mail ^ | June 16, 2023 | Lauren Haughey

Posted on 06/16/2023 7:16:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

·The ancient weapon was dug up in the small German town of Nördlingen
·Experts were shocked to find how shiny it was despite laying in a burial site
·They are unsure where the sword was made or who the people are at this grave

Archaeologists have stumbled upon an extremely rare Bronze Age sword at an ancient burial site in Germany.

The weapon, believed to be 3,000 years old, was dug up in the small town of Nördlingen just last week.

Experts were shocked it was so well preserved that it actually shined, despite laying in a grave of three people.

The three bodies included a man, woman and teenager, with researchers left puzzled over whether they were related...

While experts believe it was difficult to create, they are convinced it was a real weapon, designed for sharp cuts...

Swords from Nördlingen often belonged to the 'Urns' during this period- distinguished by their custom of cremation during the late Bronze era.

While Urnfield culture is believed to have first appeared in northern Italy and eastern-Europe, this reached various other countries...

They received their name from their distinctive bell-shaped beakers, decorated in horizontal zones by finely toothed stamps.

The decorated pots are almost ubiquitous across Europe, and could have been used as drinking vessels or ceremonious urns.

Believed to be originally from Spain, the Beaker folk soon spread into central and western Europe in their search for metals.

Textile production was also under way at the time and people wore wrap-around skirts, tunics and cloaks...

The dead were cremated or buried in small cemeteries near settlements.

This period was followed by the Iron Age which started around 650 BC and finished around 43 AD.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bronzeage; germany; godsgravesglyphs; nordlingen; sword; urnfieldculture
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1 posted on 06/16/2023 7:16:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: algore; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks algore!

2 posted on 06/16/2023 7:17:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: SunkenCiv

So, the ‘finder’ is now KING OF GERMANY!....................


3 posted on 06/16/2023 7:19:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SunkenCiv
Photo of the young man holding the sword 3,000 years ago:


4 posted on 06/16/2023 7:19:57 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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5 posted on 06/16/2023 7:20:38 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Swords from Nördlingen often belonged to the 'Urns' during this period- distinguished by their custom of cremation during the late Bronze era.

So, that's where we get the idea of putting peoples ashes in 'Urns'....................

6 posted on 06/16/2023 7:21:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Tell It Right

Brian Williams?


7 posted on 06/16/2023 7:22:09 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: SunkenCiv

Nördlingen is the site of a battle in 1634, during the Thirty Years War, in which the Spanish army destroyed the Swedish army.


8 posted on 06/16/2023 7:22:15 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv

Cosmoline...................


9 posted on 06/16/2023 7:22:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BenLurkin

Looks like a bad-ass weapon.


10 posted on 06/16/2023 7:22:52 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey

Conan the Barbarian


11 posted on 06/16/2023 7:22:58 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Red Badger

Having an ancient sword is no basis for supreme executive power.


12 posted on 06/16/2023 7:23:43 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: wally_bert

I’m being oppressed...


13 posted on 06/16/2023 7:24:35 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: one guy in new jersey

BiteMe Biden..............


14 posted on 06/16/2023 7:24:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: wally_bert

Tell that to the Brits...............


15 posted on 06/16/2023 7:25:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: wally_bert

I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!


16 posted on 06/16/2023 7:25:05 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Who are the Britons?


17 posted on 06/16/2023 7:25:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SunkenCiv

18 posted on 06/16/2023 7:25:57 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: BenLurkin

Excalibur


19 posted on 06/16/2023 7:26:13 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: woodbutcher1963

That fictitious fellow wielded a two-handed broadsword, IIRC.

This looks like a one-handed sword.

Not much less lethal, though, probably.


20 posted on 06/16/2023 7:26:21 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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