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1,500-year-old riches and more than 100 weapons found under Iron Age chieftain's house
Archaeologists in Denmark have recovered dozens of lances, spears, swords and knives along with a set of chainmail from an ...
Ancient chief buried ‘enough weapons for a small army.’ Archaeologists just found them
One of the rarest finds at Løsning was the 1,500-year-old chainmail shirt. “Only a very small number of chainmail shirts from ...
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Researchers Find an Iron-Age Princely Tomb in Italy With an Intact War Chariot Loaded With Weapons
Archeologists uncovered an Iron Age tomb with a war chariot in Italy ... century B.C. The chariot was iron-wheeled and ...
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Iron Age woman was buried with a knife stuck into her grave. Archaeologists aren't sure why.
Knives were utilitarian objects in that time period; they were useful for preparing food or making clothing, and they may have been used for self-defense. Other examples of women's graves with knives ...
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KS2 History / PSHE and Social Studies: Iron Age forts and tribes
We find out how it was built - with a succession of steeply-rising ramparts and ditches - and about the weapons they used to defend the entrance. We discover what Iron Age people used for money ...
From Sinew To Horn: The Rise Of Composite Bow In Ancient Warfare
AMMAN - Among the oldest and most effective weapons of antiquity were simple and composite bows.Widely used during the Bronze ...
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KS2 History / PSHE and Social Studies: Discovering iron in Iron Age Britain
Raksha explores Maiden Castle – the biggest Iron Age Hill Fort in Britain. We find out how it was built and about the weapons they used to defend the entrance. Iron Age daily life videoIron Age ...