Were they excavating an ancient mall-ninja shop?
Go ahead and remove that sword, but you gotta live with the curse that comes with it.
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What prevented it from rusting or otherwise degrading? And what’s the smaller thing to the right that looks like a pocket knife?
Edit: Here’s an article that doesn’t answer my questions but has more info.
It’s not made out of iron.
Yeah curious about the “pocket knife” too.
Not iron, so no rust, but it’s bronze so it’s copper and tin. I thought that still oxidized and corroded? I suppose the type of soil it was in could prevent that?
Copper and bronze have a useful property: when the outer layer of the metal oxidizes, it forms a protective covering called a patina that prevents corrosion from penetrating the structure of the item. That’s the source of that distinctive green color.
That’s a Leatherman. /s
Dibs, hunter weapon.
This sword was unearthed in a family grave in Nördlingen, Bavaria, in June 2023. It’s an Achtkant-type (octagonal) bronze sword.
Oh, so that’s where I left it.
It would be nice to have some info on this.
Either that’s not a 3000 year old sword or that soil is full of preservatives.
And some arrowheads on the left.
