Thursday, February 26, 2015

Hoard of bronze artifacts found in Poland

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Archaeologists working in Poland have unearthed a hoard of bronze artifacts in the Bieszczady Mountains.


“All the objects are made of bronze. The treasure contains a pickaxe, dozens of fragments of a spiral necklace and a bracelet of with recurving endings” – told PAP Piotr Kotowicz, an archaeologist at the Historical Museum in Sanok.


Ice axe and valuables were hidden in a clay jug with a diameter of 25 cm. Before burying it in a pit, the vessel was turned upside down and placed on a sandstone plate.


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Story: PAP | Photo: D.Szuwalski



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