[SunkenCiv]

Close-up photo of an unearthed Bronze Age sword's double spiral engraving that has been interpreted as a solar symbol. The sun cult was an important part of the Scandinavian Bronze Age religion.

SAMI RANINEN, FINNISH HERITAGE AGENCY/ZENGER

[COBOL2Java]

Maybe they can bring it to the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop

[edwinland]

Very cool. Here’s a better translation of the same article:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/4-000-year-old-sword-discovered-by-man-with-metal-detector-in-parents-backyard/ar-AAPoqeN

[Larry Lucido]

It was probably originally placed in shallow water. As the sea gradually retreated, the former bay changed to marshland and finally into the field. The sword was covered with layers of peat,” she said.

That's a shame. If it had stayed in the lake, a Lady of the Lake could have held it aloft signifying by Divine Providence that the finder would carry it and be the King.

[central_va]

Bronze has some good material qualities and in some ways superior to steel.

[Celtic Conservative]

It will be for sale on Varusteleka.com by next week.

CC

[seowulf]

Conan broke his sword.

[Jan_Sobieski]

The Israelites would have just started their 400 year Egyptian captivity around the time of this sword

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

“Bronze Age sword dating back as far as 1700 B.C. was discovered broken in items in Finland this previous summer season by a person utilizing a metallic detector in his mother and father’s again the backyard...”

I apologize, I don’t speak Finnish.

Hell of a sentence.

5.56mm

[nicollo]

It was probably originally placed in shallow water. As the sea gradually retreated, the former bay changed to marshland and finally into the field.

Good thing they found it before the ice melts and covers it in water again!

Finnish, btw, is one of the Uralic languages, one of the few European languages, along with Hungarian and Estonian, to have avoided the linguistic dominance of the Indo-Europeans. Many regions across Scandinavia and Russia, still speak Uralic languages. (Here for map: Current distribution of the Uralic languages (wikipedia)