This ancient sword found on an island in Denmark is incredibly well-preserved despite dating back to 1100 and 900 B.C.E.
Søren Kiehn / Museum VestsjællandMuseum examiner Arne Hedegaard Andersen holds the discovery .
Two locals from Zealand , the largest island of Denmark , decided to take an eventide saunter through a field in the small townspeople of Svebolle . The choice to take their metal sensor along with them was a causeless one , as it would facilitate them unveil a major breakthrough .
After the simple machine alarm Ernst Christiansen and Lis Therkelsen to something below primer , the two recreational archaeologists started digging .
Søren Kiehn/Museum VestsjællandMuseum inspector Arne Hedegaard Andersen holds the discovery.
Some 30 centimeters down , they attain what looked like the end of a brand . Christiansen and Therkelsen touch Museum Vestsjælland — a group of 11 local museums that report the archeological digging and conservation of region in the sphere — who unwrap that the discovery was a 3,000 - year - onetime brand from the Nordic Bronze age . It was also a testament to the craft of the masses in Scandinavia at the time .
Museum VestsjællandThe visible decorations on the hilt of the sword .
“ The steel is so well - preserve that you could understandably see the hunky-dory details . And it is even acuate , ” the museum write in a military press outlet .
Museum VestsjællandThe visible decorations on the hilt of the sword.
Museum inspector Arne Hedegaard Andersen , who join Christiansen and Therkelsen on the day following the find , reaffirm how incredibly maintain the sword was .
TheNordic Bronze Age , circa 1700 - 500 BC , was sandwich between the Nordic Stone Age and the pre - R.C. Iron Age . During this clock time period , bronze import from Central Europe supervene upon antecedently democratic materials like flint and Harlan Fisk Stone .
The impressively keep bronze brand , which foredate the Vikings by around 1,000 age , rest untouched since the Bronze Age . About 32 inch long and still fairly sharp , the museum believe that it dates to phase IV of the of the Bronze Age , or between 1100 and 900 BC .
Museum VestsjællandErnst Christiansen and Lise Therkildsen with the Bronze Age sword.
Though the leather that made up the sword ’s grip had long rotted , the knob and hilt show intricate bronze work , distinctly decorated by skilled proletarian .
The item suggest that it was an expensivepiece of weaponry , likely used to indicate status rather than in actual conflict . Additionally , warriors during this time tended to use golf-club , spears , or axes for fighting purpose .
Though the Norse the great unwashed joined the Bronze age through trade relatively of late compared to other European land , the local workmanship was of a higher standard . So although the religion , ethnicity , and words characteristic of the people during this metre period is mostly unknown , they left behind a rich archaeological legacy .
Museum VestsjællandErnst Christiansen and Lise Therkildsen with the Bronze Age blade .
One of the main ways we know about life in Scandinavia during the Bronze Age is through rock cutting called petroglyphs , which depict ikon of daily life , capital event , and supernatural opinion of the clock time .
There have been several exciting archaeological discoveries in Denmark in recent years .
In June 2016 , a team of three archaeologist who call themselves Team Rainbow Poweruncoveredthe largest - ever find of Viking Au . In October 2016 , thediscoveryof a 5,000 - yr - old stone mathematical function shed luminance on ancient land and topography .
And in 2015 , a treasure trove of 2,000 mysterious depend Au spirals also from the Bronze Age werediscoveredon Zealand .
Next read about thepreserved Medieval blade pull out of a Polish swamp . Then read about the1,200 - twelvemonth - old Viking sword discovered on a Norwegian mountain .
