Remarkable 11th-century ritual sword with rare symbolic inlays discovered in Dutch river
A nearly 1,000-year-old medieval sword has captured international attention after its incredible discovery in the Korte Linschoten River, close to the town of Montfoort in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The sword was discovered by construction workers, revealing itself from a clod of clay…
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/rare-sperm-whale-tooth-unearthed-in-valencina/
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@archaeology@mstdn.social I’ll be very interested to read about the authentication of this piece… But sadly your link points to an altogether different article.
@croyle@wandering.shop @archaeology@mstdn.social I was curious, so
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/11th-century-ritual-sword-discovered-in-dutch-river/
I thought the humorous part was that it said the sword was 1 meter long.
Amazing if true.
@John@socks.masto.host @archaeology@mstdn.social Ah, the link was fixed… 1m is long, but not so unusual with the hilt and pommel included. Although it originally would have weighed a bit more, t’s still quite light, likely due to distal taper.
@croyle@wandering.shop @archaeology@mstdn.social I was thinking it was amusing if there was accuracy in that claim. That would have been quite early in history to measure “one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator along the meridian passing through Paris”
@John @archaeology Approximately, or perhaps “coincidentally.” :) Whichever was more fitting. Although I too strongly suspect the former.
