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>>The top of the warrior’s shaft grave lies at ground level, seemingly so easy to find that it is quite surprising the tomb lay intact for 35 centuries. >>“It
by marktangotango 11y ago
>>The top of the warrior’s shaft grave lies at ground level, seemingly so easy to find that it is quite surprising the tomb lay intact for 35 centuries.
>>“It is indeed mind boggling that we were first,” Dr. Davis wrote in an email. “I’m still shaking my head in disbelief. So many walked over it so many times, including our own team.”
One wonders how many other discovery are similarly near the surface.
- dalke 11y agohttp://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/22/europe/viking-sword-norway/ http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/22/europe/viking-sword-norway... > 1,200-year-old Viking sword discovered by hiker > ... The rusted weapon was lying under some rocks on a well-known path across a high mountain plateau, which runs between western and eastern Norway.
- dpeck 11y agoI recall a relatively recent find of a large viking cache in a long farmed field in Britain. The discovery mentioned with wonder thinking about how many time a plow had been just a few inches from it for nearly a thousand years.