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Unexpected and Gruesome Battle of 1250 BC Involved 4,000 Men from Across Northern Europe
.ancient-origins.net/ ^ | 24 March, 2016 | Mark Miller

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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To: ClearCase_guy

A word to the wise:

This is what happens when the new kids in town try to make beer illegal.


Or impose Sharia Law on non-Muslims.


21 posted on 03/25/2016 6:00:22 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Rebelbase

Oooohhhhhh......

Well, if they dig up a bunch of casualties among a bunch of empty whiskey barrels, then it probably was a family reunion for my ancestors.

The sure sign is empty liquor barrels. My family doesn’t fight until after all the booze is gone.


22 posted on 03/25/2016 6:00:31 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

My guess is that there were multiple battles over multiple years and the peat moss is screwing with the dating.


23 posted on 03/25/2016 6:03:02 PM PDT by oldasrocks (They should lock all of you up and only let out us properly medicated people.)
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To: Rebelbase
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

I wonder why they would draw that conclusion...?

Did men simply just start having large scale battles on a whim ?

Human nature is the same today as it was 3,500 years ago...

24 posted on 03/25/2016 6:04:04 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Rebelbase; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Larry Lucido

*The gruesome scene, frozen in time by peat*

Tis a beautiful country though; lush rolling hills, and the peat, ah the peat.


25 posted on 03/25/2016 6:06:51 PM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: oldasrocks

Yeah that is possible, but how about a shotgun wedding gone bad..... I really hate those. ;-)


26 posted on 03/25/2016 6:09:17 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Rebelbase
Doesn't look like this dude had a good day


27 posted on 03/25/2016 6:10:59 PM PDT by varyouga
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To: Rebelbase

Debate continues over whether Stone Age people were peaceful or warlike - See more at: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/unexpected-and-gruesome-battle-1250-bc-involved-4000-men-across-northern-020781#sthash.h5pXjAK8.dpuf

I think I’d guess warlike.


28 posted on 03/25/2016 6:11:05 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Rebelbase

Strange, I always assumed all the “big time” feuding and fighting way back then occurred around the Mediterranean.


29 posted on 03/25/2016 6:12:33 PM PDT by The Cajun
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To: blueunicorn6

It said that only 150 have been found so far, but even more may have been involved.


30 posted on 03/25/2016 6:13:31 PM PDT by ZULU (Trump is the answer. The Establishment is the problem.)
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To: ZULU

That’s my family!

Can’t fight their way out of a wet paper sack, but really happy drunks.


31 posted on 03/25/2016 6:18:38 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Rebelbase

There’s a youtube of this already.

If you listen at 13:43 you can hear someone offscreen say:

“Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of the women. That is best.”


32 posted on 03/25/2016 6:18:41 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: Rebelbase

“men, most between ages 20 and 30, found so far shows some may have been from hundreds of kilometers away”

Hmmm....sounds familiar. Isn’t something going on today involving large groups of men this age far from home?


33 posted on 03/25/2016 6:20:08 PM PDT by wrench
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To: Rebelbase

I am going to make a guess here and some may not like it.

I suspect that the oldest son inherited the family farm and/or herds of livestock, and the younger sons had no other way to earn a living except to become mercenaries.

A conflict of this size usually involves Kingship.

I believe what we are seeing here is a large battle involving royals and their forces, many of whom were mercenaries from all across Europe.


34 posted on 03/25/2016 6:24:59 PM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: blueunicorn6

Sounds like the whole continent was involved. Did they have Muslim invader problems back then? :)


35 posted on 03/25/2016 6:27:09 PM PDT by ZULU (Trump is the answer. The Establishment is the problem.)
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To: Rebelbase; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...

Thanks Rebelbase.

36 posted on 03/25/2016 6:28:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SatinDoll

The welferites run out of money and aksed richies to share.
Richies said go getta job......aaaand heads were cracked.
Remember like it was today.


37 posted on 03/25/2016 6:29:17 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
Interestingly enough, they appear to have included mounted warriors. In before the "Sea Peoples" nonsense starts.



38 posted on 03/25/2016 6:30:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: varyouga

Only the dead have seen the last of war.
That dude for sure.


39 posted on 03/25/2016 6:31:44 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: dp0622

If I recall correctly, this was a period of upheaval in the Middle East as well, with the Sea Peoples’ raids. Recent studies suggest that changes in climate from warm periods to cold periods weakened some civilizations and “stirred the pot” with migratory invasions. This was one of those times.


40 posted on 03/25/2016 6:35:46 PM PDT by henkster
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