Thracian dagger find
The BBC is reporting a recent find, including a gold/platinum alloy dagger suggesting sophisticated metallurgy in the civilization, dated to around 3,000 BC.

As of this writing, the story is on the BBC news site

16cm (6in) and still razor-sharp.

They think it was used for sacrifices.


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Picture of the blade from BBC
Re: Thracian dagger find
Doug Gardner wrote:
The BBC is reporting a recent find, including a gold/platinum alloy dagger suggesting sophisticated metallurgy in the civilization, dated to around 3,000 BC.

As of this writing, the story is on the BBC news site


Sweet! I know of other examples of gold daggers/swords, but a gold-platinum one is new.

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16cm (6in) and still razor-sharp.

Translation: It's fairly sharp-ish ;)

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They think it was used for sacrifices.

Not ceremonial? :p

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