“Lost to Time: Shocking Discovery of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Sword Unearthed by Metal Detectorists in Polish Wilderness!”
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in Kielce/FacebookArtifacts from the Polish Vandal graves discovered in September 2024.
“The remains, along with the ashes of the funeral pyre, were carefully placed in the graves—a clear indication of the ritualistic practices associated with Vandal burials,” excavation leader Marek Florek said at the time. However, the presence of a bent sword buried alongside the warriors was representative of burial practices typically associated with the Przeworsk culture.
Discoveries like this and the Roman sword suggest that various societies were deeply integrated with the local Przeworsk culture. While the exact nature of these integrations remains unclear, perhaps future discoveries could shed even more light on this ancient connection.
After reading about the Roman sword discovered in Poland, read about the recent discovery of a cave in Poland with evidence of prehistoric cannibalism. Then, learn about the English metal detectorist who stumbled across two spatha swords still in their scabbards.
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