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26th October 2011, 01:29 AM
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Viking discovery
It seems some of the most important finds in the arms and armour world goes unnoticed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...found-scotland Gav Last edited by freebooter; 26th October 2011 at 01:50 AM. |
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26th October 2011, 03:09 AM
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Wow! I missed that one. Thanks for posting the link, Gav. Too bad there's no pics of the "beautiful hilt" that survived-
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26th October 2011, 04:26 AM
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Further great insight in to the nature of the weapons such as the socket spear head, the axe head etc despite then all being so very corroded...I think the sword came up in about three pieces. There is also a good line drawing on the image page showing how he and his weapons were laid out. Gav |
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26th October 2011, 11:29 AM
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Thanks, my friend. I'll check it out.
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26th October 2011, 01:28 PM
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M Eley,
There are several news feeds on this. One has an x-ray of the blade: http://www.history.com/news/2011/10/...d-in-scotland/ Others show a glimmer of shiny metal where the corrosion has fallen off. I corresponded with one of the dig co-ordinators and it will be a year or so before they are cleaned/conserved enough to have a real good look. Ric |
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26th October 2011, 04:44 PM
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Thanks for posting!! This is sooooo interesting. Thanks again, Rick.
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