Posted on 03/25/2016 5:30:29 PM PDT by Rebelbase
A battlefield of 3,250 years ago in Germany is yielding remains of wounded warriors, wooden clubs, spear points, flint and bronze arrowheads and bronze knives and swords. The gruesome scene, frozen in time by peat, is unlike anything else from the Bronze Age in Northern Europe, where, researchers thought, large-scale warfare didn’t begin until later. Analysis of the remains of the 130 men, most between ages 20 and 30, found so far shows some may have been from hundreds of kilometers away—Poland, Holland, Scandinavia and Southern Europe.
The hand-to-hand combat of the battle, which may have involved thousands of people and may have taken place in just one day, was brutal, according to an article about archaeological research at the Tollense site in Science magazine. And it involved horses. Today, although the researchers believe they’ve unearthed just 2 to 3 percent of the battlefield, they have found the remains of the humans and of five horses.
But analysis of the remains of the 130 men, most between ages 20 and 30, found so far shows some may have been from hundreds of kilometers away—Poland, Holland, Scandinavia and Southern Europe.
The hand-to-hand combat of the battle, which may have involved thousands of people and may have taken place in just one day, was brutal, according to an article about archaeological research at the Tollense site in Science magazine. And it involved horses. Today, although the researchers believe they’ve unearthed just 2 to 3 percent of the battlefield, they have found the remains of the humans and of five horses.
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ping.
A word to the wise:
This is what happens when the new kids in town try to make beer illegal.
Thanx
Participatory democracy at its finest.
It involved horses and 150 casualties out of a few thousand people?
At first, I thought it might have been my ancestors having a family reunion, but there would have been more casualties.
I wonder what the hell they were fighting over 3000 years ago?
You sure this isn’t from the 2016 Republican race?
;)
There weren’t big wars back then? Some researchers. Try cruising through the Vedas sometime. Gilgamesh. Lol! There have been big wars as long as there have been large populations.
that’s a big battle, for peat’s sake
I think I saw this on History Vikings episode last night
Lots of wars in that era.
The Trojan war. Egyptians and Hittites and everyone else. Israelites and Philistines. etc.
Well, my guess is football.
“Vikings!”
“Raiders!”
“Vikings!”
“Raiders!”
“Niners!”
“Oh.....the French are here.”
Beer, food and women?
“A word to the wise:...This is what happens when the new kids in town try to make beer illegal.”
...or when the GOPe try to deny Trump the nomination, despite him winning enough delegates.
The battle stretched over a couple of kilometres, only a small portion of the battlefield has been excavated.
Punany, just like Ted and Heidi tonight. ;-) The BC battle was less brutal. Spilled the beans indeed. OUCH.
Sign me up. I can brew the beer and even cook the food. Bring the women. ;-)
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