Oh, that battlefield? The news media has certainly been making a big fuss about it while (mostly) getting things mixed up. Gabriele Campbell's blog ( http://lostfort.blogspot.com/ ) has three very informative posts about the matter.

Thank you Lafayette, she has a great site and a knowledgeable and thoughtful commentary on the material and links to more. The find sounds quite interesting and a nice record of an exchange between forces. I will also check he blog in future as she has some good pics and interesting commentary.

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Craig


Best Images I have found so far. Der Spiegel Photo Gallery

This is pretty interesting about the store of Bronze cannons and Guns, not to mention the Gold and Silver. Not a bad time to find treasure of Historic and Intrinsic value.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/02/sunk.ship/in...pstoryview
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A 2/2/09 story on 1744 shipwreck in The New York Times is interesting, & includes a link to a fascinating pdf document with photos (including a 42 pound cannon).

Heres a good one on a Scottish Medieval Knight

Knight Found

Though as usual he was welding a heavy sword. You just can't break the cycle of misinformation.

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Craig

Another interesting recent find. A Roman mass grave after some sharp action or gruesome event.

Roman War Grave

Craig

Here is a very nice find that was announced late last year. Seem to have missed it till now.

http://www.archaeology.org/0911/abstracts/korea_iron_man.html

Pretty impressive scale armor for 1500 yrs ago. ANybody looking for a diy project of the first order :)

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Craig

For those interested in relatives of Alfred the Great, medieval anglo-saxons and such, the find of his granddaughter in Magdeburg may be of interest. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8467870.stm

I have been interested in the history of Magdeburg near and earlier than this era as it was considered to have been one of the places where some form of "knightly games" were conducted prior to well known development of the 11'th and 12th century tournament format.

Here is something of interest. I try to have some weapon artifact included in the find to post to this thread but thought this was very interesting and I would guess there maybe some interesting bits in the material.

Gladiator Graveyard in UK

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Craig

Another interesting Bronze Age find to add to the list:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11651691

Cheers,
Michael.

Great find, I kind of missed this one somehow. But here is some more info. Archeology is one of those tough disciplines where the excitement of the find can take a while to be filled in with info. This one sounds like it is pretty much bronze age off the charts as the pottery was filled with food. Now if they will just give us more pics of the swords they found even though thats boring stuff :)

Pic of sword
Youtube of the start of the dig
One of the best sources for up to date news and a great podcast

Craig

I try to just post links to armor and sword finds but this is just to cool!


Celtic Wooden Tomb Found intact!

Man would this not be a great bit of work to go through this project?

Happy New Year
Craig

Battle of Philiphaugh a 17th-century battle, fought on September 13, 1645, marked a pivotal moment in Civil War when the Royalist army of the Marquess of Montrose was destroyed by the Covenanter army of Sir David Leslie.


Medieval and older finds in Trondheim including sword and extensive charcoal making area.


Chinese sword and leather armor found in Warring States tomb 2,200 yrs old, sadly no pics as yet.

Hope it is of interest to some.

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Craig

Such a good time we live in! Well, at least for historical studies. ;)

An update on research on the recent viking massacre find: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14476039

here is a sword that they say is dated to 570

Chinese Sword

Sorry for the correction, but it is a Japanese made sword inscribed with Chinese characters.

Quote:

X-ray photos of the sword show that it bears 19 Chinese kanji characters, each measuring 5 millimeters square. Experts say the swords were inscribed with the characters and that either gold or silver were poured into the characters, adding that the sword was made in Japan.

You would not wish to irritate the Japanese, now would you? You know how kulturally sensitive they can be.

Quote:

"The sword was produced on Jan. 6, 570. It was wrought about 12 times," the characters read.

I wonder if this technology was not imported from the Koreans as well? Ach.....now I have stepped in it as well haven't I.
The truth is out there! Pass me the spade Heinrich, I think I have found Agamemnon!

A nice grave find with sword and axes.

Viking Tomb

Viking Grave

Hi Karl thank you for the correction, I should have been more clear in my description.

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Craig