Extraordinarily Well-Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Octagonal Sword Unearthed In Germany [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

AncientPages.com | June 15, 2023 | Archaeology, News

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A very rare 3,000-year-old sword has been found in Bayern, Germany. The sword from the Middle Bronze Age is still in such good condition that it almost still shines.

Archaeologists have been excavating in Närdlingen, a town in the Donau-Ries district in Swabia, Bavaria, where they discovered the two-and-a-half-foot-long sword in a burial.

Like the blade, the octagonal handle is made entirely of bronze. This type is called an "octagonal sword" after the shape of the handle.



Detailed view of the Bronze Age sword found in Nördlingen Credit: Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments

Scientists have hailed the discovery as "extraordinary," considering the sword is so well-preserved. According to a statement of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection, this is a “very rare” find.

The state of preservation is exceptional! A find like this is very rare,” Mathias Pfeil , Head of the Bavarian State Office for the Preservhttps://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1108ation of Monuments , says.

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