A team of archaeologists discovered a rare and well-preserved octagonal sword believed to be more than 3,000 years old. The sword was found at the excavation of a burial site in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany.
The sword was found at the excavation of a burial site in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It is believed to have been a burial gift.“It almost still shines,” the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Sites said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “It is representative of the bronze swords, the octagonal handle of which is completely made of bronze.”
The sword is believed to date back to the 14th century B.C., during the Middle Bronze Age. It was buried with three people — a man, a woman, and an adolescent. "Still the sword and the burial must be examined, so that our archaeologists can classify this find more precisely. But already can be said, ‘The state of preservation is extraordinary! A find like this is very rare,'" Mathias Pfeil, general conservator of the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Sites, said.
Jana Kreutzer with the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Sites told the Washington Examiner there was no word yet on where the sword would be kept or if it will be available for public viewing.
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