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  • Trove Of Teutonic Weapons Uncovered In Krusne Hory Region

    02/10/2006 11:30:11 AM PST · by blam · 13 replies · 1,029+ views
    Radio CZ ^ | 2-9-2006 | Jan Velinger - Martina Scheibergova
    Trove of Teutonic weapons uncovered in Krusne Hory region [09-02-2006] By Jan Velinger, Martina Schneibergova Listen 16kb/s ~ 32kb/s It's not unusual in this country to come across weapons caches dating back to the Second World War. But, finding a pile of javelin tips, parts of shields and a sword dating back to the 2nd century A.D., doesn't happen every day.Lenka OnderkovaAccording to museum officials in the north Bohemian town of Chomutov it was a find that almost "never happened": a trove of twenty-two Teutonic items, weapons or parts of shields, dating back 1,800 years, that one finder almost failed...