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More nice pictures here, very metal: https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article245860994/Archaeologie-Aussergewoehnlicher-Schwertfund-in-Noerdlingen.html https://ww

• idiotsecant 3y ago
  Wow! That really does look like it's in good shape. I understand it's because bronze doesn't oxidize as readily but it's not what I picture when someone says 3000 year old sword.
  • masklinn 3y ago
    Fwiw bronze does oxidise quite readily, but the copper oxide is not porous, and becomes a resilient copper carbonate. Which is why bronze and other copper-alloy artefacts are extremely resilient, unless they come in contact with chlorides and get bronze disease.
    • Paul-Craft 3y ago
      I can tell you have some experience with old bronze/copper. Most people do not even know what "bronze disease" is.
      • brohee 3y ago
        A lot of people learned about it when tutorials on inducing it on statues of questionable personnalities sprouted up.
  • rurp 3y ago
    Same here. With something that old I was expecting "well preserved" to mean that I could probably make out that it has the shape of a sword.
  • mikewarot 3y ago
    The arrow points are pretty amazing too
• isametry 3y ago
  https://archive.is/RccA2 https://archive.is/RccA2
  • hot_gril 3y ago
    Thank goodness, the German cookies prompt scared me.
• hackernewds 3y ago
  wow many heavy metal music to be made in its tribute surely