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Posted on 07/24/2025 7:12:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists from the Brno City Museum have made a rare and precious discovery in South Moravia: a 3,200-year-old fragment of bronze armor dating back to the Late Bronze Age. The find, excavated at a confidential location in 2023, includes not only a fragment of a warrior's breastplate but also a spearhead, a sickle, a bronze pin, and copper fragments -- all of which had been buried together in what researchers believe was a ritual deposit.
The fragment originally appeared to be a folded piece of metal, but under closer examination, it was revealed to be a fragment of body armor. "Thanks to 3D scanning, we were able to digitally 'unfold' the bent metal and determine its shape and decoration," said Aleš Navrátil, an archaeologist at the Brno City Museum. The reconstructed armor showed embossed wave patterns and a solar symbol around the chest area, which was interpreted as a decorative and possibly symbolic element...
It is only the second bronze cuirass discovered in the Czech Republic. It was so well preserved because the metal survived the test of time, while most of the organic armor from the period has long since decayed. The research was conducted in collaboration with Masaryk University's Department of Archaeology and Museology, using microscopic and digital analysis to document and interpret the artifact.
The artifacts had most likely been deliberately damaged prior to burial, which indicates a ceremonial or sacrificial function. This practice of depositing valuable items as an offering to deities or ancestral spirits was not unusual in Bronze Age Europe.
The discovery was made within a long-term research project by the Brno City Museum in cooperation with the Regional Museum in Mikulov and local metal detector groups. The find highlights the growing role of responsible public engagement in archaeological research.
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One of *those* topics. This is older than the Trojan War.
Pelosi assembled it herself.
The Trojan War corresponds, more or less, with the Book of Judges in the Old Testament.
The Trojan ally Glaucus is the warrior who exchanged his golden armor for the bronze armor of the Greek warrior Diomedes. This famous scene from Homer’s Iliad occurs in Book 6, during the Trojan War.
Thx.
“Baby’s First Body Armor”
I folded some 18 gauge steel plate to make hillbilly armor for a plate carrier.
38th century archeologists: “We believe we may have discovered the tomb of the mythical warrior, Cletus Spuckler.”
Or First and Second Samuel depending on how late you think the Trojan war was. David and Agamemnon could have almost been contemporaries
Way older than the split of Celtic and Italic. Could be Indo European or perhaps the pre IE people?
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