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Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden
BBC ^
| 4 Oct 2018
Posted on 10/04/2018 7:10:29 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidöstern lake while at her family's holiday home in Jönköping County.
The sword was initially reported to be 1,000 years old, but experts at the local museum now believe it may date to around 1,500 years ago.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: ggg; godsgravesglyphs; jonkopingcounty; middleages; minnesota; minnesotavikings; nfl; renaissance; romanempire; sagavanecek; sweden; vidosternlake
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To: Flatus I. Maximus
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:25:50 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
To: max americana
Guinevere has two front doors, if you know what I mean...
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:26:46 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: DUMBGRUNT; SunkenCiv
Cool beans. I would bet that there are more artifacts nearby.
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:27:24 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
To: BeauBo
24
posted on
10/04/2018 7:27:29 PM PDT
by
JPJones
(More tariffs, less income tax.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:27:46 PM PDT
by
Godebert
To: rightwingcrazy
More lake news
Better than fake news!
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:28:16 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(So what!)
To: EEGator
I would reasonably believe so.
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:29:01 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
To: Flatus I. Maximus
I think, it only works like that in England?
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:29:19 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(So what!)
To: mdittmar
It seems quite a few were reminded of that Monty Python scene. ; )
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:30:14 PM PDT
by
Godebert
To: TigerClaws
A farcical aquatic ceremony is no basis for a system of government.
Have you seen what has been passed off in the USA lately?
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:30:28 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
To: EEGator
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:32:11 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
To: GreenLanternCorps
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:35:00 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(My Soul's On Fire... [I miss you, Shibumi])
To: rktman
Maybe she should.
Maybe this is divine intervention.
Maybe she's being singled out as the savior of her people.
To: Secret Agent Man
High quality steel would not dissolve.
What type of steel would it have been made from?
Something nice from lots of charcoal and quench hardened?
A bit early for wootz?
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:42:25 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(So what!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
well iwas thinking someone knew something about that or had their own damascus steel type recipe.
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:44:40 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: GreenLanternCorps
To: DUMBGRUNT
Show it to the Swedish men so they remember where they came from and who their ancestors were, and remove the muzzies from Viking lands.
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:48:04 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Was looking for it to be from meteoric iron!
That would be impressive.
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:49:39 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(So what!)
To: Secret Agent Man
“High quality steel would not dissolve.”
actually, steel will corrode faster and more completely than iron. And the pattern welded steel in a Dark Ages Norse sword will rust more readily than modern homogeneous steel.
Moreover, from the picture, it appears that this artifact is more of a sword shaped hunk of rust than an intact sword. This is often the case with weapons finds this old. It will need extensive conservation (Can you say ‘Naval Jelly’, boys and girls.)
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:56:07 PM PDT
by
VietVet
To: BeauBo
looks like an Ulfberht
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posted on
10/04/2018 7:56:18 PM PDT
by
Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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