3000 year old sword found - amazing bronze design

[dirc]

This is quite cool....

unearthed in a family grave in Nördlingen, Bavaria, in June 2023. It's an Achtkant-type (octagonal) bronze sword

 

[SharpBits]

Oh, wow! Impressive. Those arrowheads seem too modern to be at the same level as that sword... AI image?

 

[dirc]

I think it's legit.... the link is from the Smithsonian magazine...

Archaeologists Find 3,000-Year-Old Sword So Well Preserved It 'Almost Still Shines'

The Bronze Age artifact was discovered in a grave during excavations in southern Germany

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[The True North]

Oh, wow! Impressive. Those arrowheads seem too modern to be at the same level as that sword... AI image?

The arrowheads are bronze, and legit. They also found jewelry and an assortment of other personal and household items.

This find was incredible.

 

[SharpBits]

Thank you. Now I need to follow the rabbit hole of ancient arrowhead production, because those look to be of very high quality.

 

[SharpBits]

This find was incredible.

I agree!

 

[dirc]

cool thing about bronze is when you make high quality molds... you can really make some amazing things

 

[SharpBits]

cool thing about bronze is when you make high quality molds... you can really make some amazing things

And the items still look new after hundreds of years underground.

 

[SharpBits]

Really very, very close to my Mother's birthplace, so this is of special interest to me. Thank you for posting.

 

[RHINOKNIVES]

Thank you. Now I need to follow the rabbit hole of ancient arrowhead production, because those look to be of very high quality.

Remember that Arrows were the Cruise Missile of the day & a front line way to engage with out being close enough to cut!

While we know swords were used they were most likely second line & a bit more of a status weapon & used in one on one.

The Bronze Age produced some beautiful spears, swords, Arrows & Hatchets/Ace etc.

 

[RHINOKNIVES]

Really very, very close to my Mother's birthplace, so this is of special interest to me. Thank you for posting.

 

[0721]

Amazingly well preserved!

 

[kobold]

buy it for life and afterlife

best edc ever

 

[BP Green]

This is quite cool....

unearthed in a family grave in Nördlingen, Bavaria, in June 2023. It's an Achtkant-type (octagonal) bronze sword

I’ll take it, send me your PayPal info. .

 

[riversidedep]

I saw this several years ago. Due to the extremely good condition, there was quite a bit of discussion regarding whether it was a real find and not planted. Last I heard it was believed to be a real find.

 

[not2sharp]

I saw this several years ago. Due to the extremely good condition, there was quite a bit of discussion regarding whether it was a real find and not planted. Last I heard it was believed to be a real find.

Is that a 3000 year old sebenza laying under the ribs just to the right of the sword?

N2s

 

[edgelion]

I think I used to have one of those, but I can't remember if it was in Oblivion or Skrim.

I also love how every new find completely changes everything we knew about history or pushes this human development or that further back in time than previously believed. I keep waiting for an interview with a really old archeologist who had published findings decades ago that are all wrong now just to see him shrugging his shoulders.

But yeah, this is really cool.

 

[ShaiHulud]

Ita extremely well preserved. I had this coffee table book on medieval weaponry and most of them were completely Swiss cheesed with rust some of the swords had to be tweezered out piece by piece and these swords were only a few hundred years old, not 3k.
But im no expert in how or why some appear better than others

 

[XJ-linux]

That’s great, but if it isn’t Magnacut, I’m going to have to pass.

 

[RHINOKNIVES]

Ita extremely well preserved. I had this coffee table book on medieval weaponry and most of them were completely Swiss cheesed with rust some of the swords had to be tweezered out piece by piece and these swords were only a few hundred years old, not 3k.
But im no expert in how or why some appear better than others

Those medieval swords were steel. Bronze holds together much more!
90% Brass & 10% Tin for hardness.