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bat400
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|  Posted 09-12-2009 at 03:23
Submitted by coldrum --
A Norwegian man said experts told him the sword he found abandoned at a roadside four years ago dates back 3,000 years.
Ernst Skofteland said he asked a team of archaeologists digging on a farm near his home to look at the sword, which he discovered at the side of a lumber road in a forest area four years ago, and they told him it dates from around 1100-900 B.C., Aftenposten reported Friday.
"When they told me how old it was, I thought they were kidding me," Skofteland said. He said he turned the sword over to government authorities for study.
Experts said about 20 similar swords have been discovered in Norway.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/13/Man-finds-3000-year-old-sword/UPI-71701258146902/
[ This message was edited by: bat400 on 2009-12-09 03:24 ]
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| Posted 09-12-2009 at 06:02
Norway's seas would probably cause this:
"BRONZE DISEASE:
Bronze disease is the result of exposure to chlorine compounds
which can come from any saline source, such as contact with saline soils, atmospheric pollutants or airborne salt spray near bodies of salt water. The chlorine reacts with the copper in bronze to form copper chloride. The primary symptom is pitting, and the process can proceed unchecked below apparently sound patinas, or protective coatings."
The preservation in a forest is odd.
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