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Iron Age woman was buried with a knife stuck into her grave. Archaeologists aren't sure why.
And while excavating, they identified ancient dwellings ... "When we dug down, we saw that they had put an iron folding knife straight into the ground," Gillberg said. In addition to the knife ...
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Why was an Iron Age woman buried with a folding knife driven into the ground?
The woman's grave stood out because of an iron folding knife deliberately inserted into ... a priest who catalogued ancient cemeteries in his parish. Hemengius described the piles and mounds ...
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Mysterious extraterrestrial metal found in objects used in ancient burials
The findings also suggest the ancient inhabitants of Poland were aware of iron processing earlier than ... which is used in modern knives. The meteorite jewellery was found amongst a collection ...
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Roman Gladiator clasp knife
It depicts a 'secutor' gladiator and is made of copper alloy with an iron blade, inlaid with copper and silver. The knife would have been used for sharpening quill pens and embodies the opulence ...