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5,000-year-old sword discovered in Venice

5,000-year-old sword discovered in Venice

2 posted on 03/01/2020 5:37:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That looks more like a large knife than a sword to me.


6 posted on 03/01/2020 5:40:42 PM PST by xp38
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To: SunkenCiv

Is that the descoverer on the right? I have another discovery she could make.


19 posted on 03/01/2020 6:03:53 PM PST by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: SunkenCiv

“ The sword is made of a type of copper and tin frequently used before the Bronze age.”
Copper and tin is bronze.


23 posted on 03/01/2020 6:32:42 PM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: SunkenCiv

26 posted on 03/01/2020 6:56:35 PM PST by nwrep
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To: SunkenCiv

That is not a sword. That is a knife.


34 posted on 03/02/2020 7:14:32 AM PST by GingisK
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