Bronze Age sword greater than 3,000 years outdated present in southern Germany

Archaeologists working in Noerdlingen, Bavaria, Germany, have uncovered a well-preserved Bronze Age bronze sword from a grave containing a girl, a person and a boy.

The weapon dates roughly to the 14th century earlier than the widespread period, the identical interval through which the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun lived.

The researchers haven’t decided if the three skeletons discovered with the sword have been associated. The sword, that includes a definite octagonal hilt, was so well-preserved by the weather within the millennia because it was buried that it nonetheless has a shine and sheen.

Bavarian state officers mentioned of their announcement of the discover Wednesday that they have been astonished on the piece’s situation and the discover basically.

“The sword and the burial still need to be examined so that our archeologists can categorize this find more precisely. But we can already say that the state of preservation is extraordinary. A find like this is very rare,” Mathias Pfeil, head of the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments, mentioned in an announcement as translated by the Associated Press.

Among the questions researchers look to reply is the place the sword was made. Similar octagonal swords are recognized to have been made in and distributed from southern Germany (the place Bavaria is positioned), northern Germany, and Denmark.

Despite its ornate look and lack of damage and tear, the archaeologists do consider the sword was used as a weapon.