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Huge Bronze Age Haul Found In Austria
Ananova ^
| 1-14-2003
Posted on 01/14/2003 8:06:58 AM PST by blam
Huge Bronze Age haul found in Austria
Europe's biggest-ever discovery of Bronze Age weapons and jewellery has been made in Austria.
Archaeologists believe the hoard could prove Bronze Age Europe rivaled Greece in terms of early society and technology.
The scientists from the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian National Memorial Office have so far found 360 pieces buried at the side of a crevice in Moosbruckschrofen am Piller in Tyrol.
It is thought they were laid there as part of a ritual offering sometime between 1550 and 1250 BC.
As well as swords, axes, spearheads, sickles and jewellery the historians also found part of a bronze helmet.
It is thought the helmet could be one of the earliest such finds, Austrian Broadcasting Company ORF reported.
The only other helmet thought to be from the 14th or 13th century BC was one that had been discovered on Crete, which the experts say is of a totally different sort.
Story filed: 11:52 Tuesday 14th January 2003
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: age; austria; bronze; godsgravesglyphs; huge
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Early report, not much detail. The Celts? (Proto-Celts)
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posted on
01/14/2003 8:06:58 AM PST
by
blam
To: blam
cool. I love reading about this stuff.
thanks for posting and feel free to ping me in the future :)
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posted on
01/14/2003 8:10:42 AM PST
by
MudPuppy
(To be "Someone" or to do Something - what's your choice?)
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posted on
01/14/2003 8:12:54 AM PST
by
justshe
(One nation.....under God...with liberty and justice for all.)
To: blam
The weapons must be destroyed before the cause a rise in the crime rate.
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posted on
01/14/2003 8:19:50 AM PST
by
aomagrat
To: aomagrat
"The weapons must be destroyed before the cause a rise in the crime rate." Notice how the peace loving Austrians of 3,500 years ago discarded these weapons and it is only during the war-mongering Bush administration that they have been recovered. <>
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posted on
01/14/2003 8:28:44 AM PST
by
blam
To: blam
read later
To: JudyB1938; RightWhale
Ping.
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posted on
01/14/2003 9:13:18 AM PST
by
blam
To: aomagrat
The weapons must be destroyed before the cause a rise in the crime rate.When bronze is outlawed, only outlaws will have bronze.
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posted on
01/14/2003 9:16:59 AM PST
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: blam
Obviously this site was part of the ancient Trojan Empire. Troy was later destroyed and it's citizens scattered to the four winds, but some went on to found the City of Rome.
To: RightWhale
Troy (if it actually existed -- and this is by no means something that everyone agrees on) was most likely a city state in what is now Turkey (the Asian side) and not an Empire. You can find a brief summary
here.
Roman legends of their ties to Troy, while possible, seem more likely to be an attempt to associate Rome with a famous event. There wasn't always a sharp line between history and myth in the ancient world and the Roman claims of ties to Troy seem more myth than reality to me.
To: blam
Sure would be nice to see some pictures.
To: retiredtexan
"Sure would be nice to see some pictures." I agree. This looks like just a 'quickie' report from Ananova. I expect we'll see some in the next few reports.
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posted on
01/14/2003 10:23:22 AM PST
by
blam
To: Question_Assumptions
Equally, it is the story of the replacement of bronze-age civilization through advances in metallurgy. What they gained in power when they adopted iron armor they lost in the aesthetics of bronze--glinting helmets and spears. Dull, plodding efficiency replaced glamour and glory.
To: blam
Moosbruckschrofen?
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posted on
01/14/2003 10:28:13 AM PST
by
Redcloak
(Tag, you're it!)
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
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08/09/2006 10:37:16 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-06,RNWE:en&q=Moosbruckschrofen+am+Piller
more pics on webpage...looks like somebody hid a treasure trove.
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posted on
08/10/2006 12:07:44 AM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(ENEMY + MEDIA = ENEMEDIA)
To: Question_Assumptions
"There wasn't always a sharp line between history and myth in the ancient world and the Roman claims of ties to Troy seem more myth than reality to me."
This statement by you perfectly sums up your name. LOL!
To: blam
What's amusing about these sorts of stories is how there's always an element of surprise about the extent of things like "Bronze Age Culture." Hell, these folks were all in relatively easy walking/trading distance from each other. That being the case, why wouldn't there be a Bronze Age culture in Austria -- which is, after all, a far more farmer friendly place than Greece?
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posted on
08/10/2006 12:02:05 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Redcloak
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posted on
08/10/2006 12:03:24 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: SunkenCiv
It is thought they were laid there as part of a ritual offering sometime between 1550 and 1250 BC. As well as swords, axes, spearheads, sickles and jewellery[sic] the historians also found part of a bronze helmet.
This must be strictly ceremonial stuff. Real men wore boars' tooth helmets.
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posted on
08/10/2006 8:10:49 PM PDT
by
kitchen
(Over gunned? Hell, that's better than the alternative!)
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