Polish detectorists find 2,000-year-old Roman spatha sword while searching for WWII relics
The sword was found broken into three pieces, a condition that suggests it was deposited as part of a funerary offering. This ...
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Archaeologists Discover a Stash of 1,500-Year-Old Weapons—Including the Only Known Roman Helmet Ever Found in Denmark
The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...
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Ancient Roman helmet turns up in unusual location: 'Exceptionally rare'
Danish archaeologists recently announced the discovery during an excavation of a variety of weapons and armor dating to the ...
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Ancient chief buried ‘extremely rare’ Roman equipment. Archaeologists just found it
An ancient Roman helmet fragment as seen during excavation. Photo from the Vejle Museums As archaeologists studied the artifacts, they realized the ... which included “enough weapons for a small army, ...
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Roman Military Site Uncovered in Bulgaria
LOM, BULGARIA—According to a Bulgarian National Radio report, traces of a Roman military site dated to ... To read about artifacts found at northern Bulgaria's Roman frontier camp of Novae ...
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Ancient chief buried ‘extremely rare’ Roman equipment. Archaeologists just found it
An ancient Roman helmet fragment as seen during excavation. Photo from the Vejle Museums As archaeologists studied the artifacts ... weapons for a small army,” could have come from “local ...
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Ancient Roman helmet turns up in unusual location: 'Exceptionally rare'
In addition to the Roman artifacts, multiple Iron Age weapons ... "This indicates that they are not remnants of a weapons workshop, military barracks, or similar contexts. "Ongoing excavation ...