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 ...
“The decorated pots are almost ubiquitous across Europe, and could have been used as drinking vessels or ceremonious urns.”
“almost ubiquitous”? Either it’s ubiquitous or it’s not.
“ceremonious urns” - so the urns are a bit stuffy and officious?
J-school again flashes its a$$.
Looks like he’s actually British, based on the teeth.
Why don't they say if the teenager was male or female? They didn't want to presume its gender identity?
These are bound to be fragmentary, and, the younger the indiv, the less there is to figure it out.
There can be only one.
3 KYA means it is pre indo European
Aquatic bints either!
Watery tarts.
Might be an improvement over what we have now, some have suggested. Hm.
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