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Soldiers looking for land mines in South Korea have found the country’s oldest gun, a 600-year-old inscribed bronze tube used to fire gunpowder-propelled arrows

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Soldiers looking for land mines in South Korea have found the country's oldest gun, a 600-year-old inscribed bronze tube used to fire gunpowder-propelled arrows

In November 2023, troops sweeping for a suspected minefield on Mount Geumseong in southwestern South Korea ended up uncovering a small bronze object about four inches beneath the soil. Rather than a landmine, it was a gun, one that may have been buried for more than 600 years, according to a report by Smithsonian Magazine.After … Read more

A British metal detectorist thought he’d found a bull’s nose ring; it was actually a Bronze Age gold bracelet, and then two more appeared

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A British metal detectorist thought he'd found a bull's nose ring; it was actually a Bronze Age gold bracelet, and then two more appeared

Andy Crammond andAlan Daniels discovered the three gold armbands, PC: Alan Daniels- Facebook In late May, dozens of metal-detecting enthusiasts gathered near Carlisle, in northern England close to the Scottish border, for a rally that also served as a protest against a proposed electricity substation. Over 4 days, the group searched roughly 470 acres and … Read more

Man walking his dog discovers a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age axe in an English forest

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Man walking his dog discovers a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age axe in an English forest

A routine walk through one of England’s ancient forests led to an extraordinary archaeological discovery when a man and his dog came across an axe head believed to be around 3,400 years old. What initially looked like an unremarkable object lying in the landscape was later identified as a relic from Britain’s Bronze Age, a … Read more

2,300-year-old beer, well preserved inside an ancient bronze bottle containing nearly a gallon of liquid with more than 2,400 chemical compounds, was discovered by archaeologists

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2,300-year-old beer, well preserved inside an ancient bronze bottle containing nearly a gallon of liquid with more than 2,400 chemical compounds, was discovered by archaeologists

Archaeologists in China have uncovered an extraordinary alcoholic drink that remained remarkably well preserved for more than 2,000 years inside an ancient bronze bottle. The vessel, recovered from a Qin-period tomb at the Shanjiabao cemetery in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, contained about 3.74 litres of pale blue-green liquid, equivalent to nearly a gallon. Scientific … Read more

The Port of Philadelphia in the United States seized 36 4,000-year-old swords in a bizarre smuggling case World News

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The Port of Philadelphia in the United States seized 36 4,000-year-old swords in a bizarre smuggling case World News

US authorities have seized a cache of ancient weapons after intercepting a shipment of 36 Bronze Age daggers and 50 arrowheads at the Port of Philadelphia. These cultural relics date back nearly 4,000 years and have been confirmed by archaeologists to be genuine cultural heritage originating from ancient Iran. U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized … Read more