Posted on 04/26/2021 2:04:44 PM PDT by Sawdring
A team of researchers with the Westfalen-Lippe Landscape Association revealed during a presentation in the city of Schmallenberg that one of the largest hoards of Iron Age weapons in western Germany had been unearthed at a nearby dig site on a small mountain in Wilzenberg. In their press release, the researchers note that they found approximately 100 Celtic Iron Age artifacts—primarily through the use of a metal detector.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
The Celts were not Germanic, though
Irony
It only took archaeologists 50 years to adopt the technology of metal detecting after it came around. it says some pretty sad things about the people in the profession of archaeology.
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And oddly enough, it was a causal remark in “Chariots of the Gods” that wondered why archeologist did not use computers which woke the sorry hidebound lot up out of their 17th century slumber
Witness Göbekli Tepe.
It’s incredible and insanely ancient.
They are just the losers weapons from “Forged In Fire”.
Arsenal! Who went to jail?
Many of the weapons have been bent or damaged to “Kill” the spirit in the weapon, after the owner died.
They now cannot get up and run through the village killing everyone in their way as modern handguns and A-s-s-ault rifles do!(sarc)
QUINCY M.E. (from the 1970s TV show)..”WE’VE got to stop ‘IT’ before ‘IT’ kills again!” “It” was a handgun that escaped it’s owner and went on a killing spree.
It only took archaeologists 50 years to adopt the technology of metal detecting after it came around. it says some pretty sad things about the people in the profession of archaeology.Maybe, in an attempt to make the job last, their union didn't allow metal detectors.
Thanks!
This is so cool! How in the world did iron implements and weapons not rust away over 2,000 years? That isn’t explained and wouldn’t seem to make any sense.
The site is only 60 miles east of my paternal familial home! Maybe I’m related to those people. I’ve got my family tree developed back to the 1600s — only another 1600 years to confirm I’m related.
The article says “...the researchers took a new approach to locate iron artifacts hiding beneath the dirt floor—using metal detectors.” I tell you, those “researchers” are up on the latest tech!
Did you see how all the swords are bent in the photo? I was wondering about that when I read the article which says “The swords were bent into halves or thirds and the spears and lance tips had been blunted. The severity of the damage, the researchers suggested, indicates that it was done intentionally after a battle had concluded. That meant the artifacts had likely been taken from a defeated enemy.”
“Well Siegfried...there seems to be a problem with your blade here...”
“It will not Keeell”
I thought they found another tank.
The British Museum has some breathtaking examples.
LOL
Well done.
More pictures at the original press release site listed at the end of the article:
https://www.lwl.org/pressemitteilungen/nr_mitteilung.php?urlID=52158
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