“Lost to Time: Shocking Discovery of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Sword Unearthed by Metal Detectorists in Polish Wilderness!”
Initial reporting of the discovery was done via a Facebook post from the INVENTUM association, a historical society to which Proszowski and Lampa both belong. In the post, the society remarked that the sword “may be another proof of the presence of the Przeworsk culture population (Vandals) in these areas during the period of Roman influence.”
Experts from the Częstochowa Museum, meanwhile, echoed the sentiment that this is indeed a rare and valuable find.
The Discovery Of A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Sword In Southern Poland
INVENTUM Association/FacebookMetal detectorists Rafal Proszowski and Mariusz Lampa pose with the ancient Roman sword on the spot where they found it.
Members of the INVENTUM association are history buffs, but their work typically focuses on finding relics from World War II. Naturally, both Proszowski and Lampa were shocked to find such an ancient artifact.
“We’d never found anything like this before,” Proszowski told the Gazeta Wyborcza daily.
In addition, they unearthed other artifacts including an axe and perfectly preserved spurs dating back to the Middle Ages.
INVENTUM Association/FacebookThe well-preserved ancient knight spurs.
Once the artifacts had been handed over to the Częstochowa Museum, experts began the initial analysis and preservation work. They confirmed that the sword dates back to sometime around the third or fourth century C.E. and likely had connections to the Przeworsk culture.
INVENTUM Association/FacebookThe head of an ancient axe found near the sword.
The Przeworsk culture was an Iron Age society that thrived between the third and fifth centuries C.E. in what is now Poland. It is named after the town of Przeworsk, where the culture’s artifacts were first identified. Based on archaeological evidence, the Przeworsk culture seemed to emerge out of influences from the Celtic La Tène culture and neighboring groups like the Vandals and the Jastorf.
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