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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on Jul 19, 2026, 06:58 PM

Title: Bronze age sword found off Devon coast
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jul 19, 2026, 06:58 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c304lnnmvdgo

Cracking find...
Title: Re: Bronze age sword found off Devon coast
Post by: Duncan Head on Jul 19, 2026, 07:15 PM
"Previous discoveries from the area include Bronze Age swords, axe heads, a gold bracelet, gold ingots and more than 400 gold coins, possibly from two Bronze Age shipwrecks."

- but as the coins are Islamic, they hardly come from "Bronze Age shipwrecks". A little careless editing here.
Title: Re: Bronze age sword found off Devon coast
Post by: Jim Webster on Jul 19, 2026, 07:52 PM
Quote from: Duncan Head on Jul 19, 2026, 07:15 PM"Previous discoveries from the area include Bronze Age swords, axe heads, a gold bracelet, gold ingots and more than 400 gold coins, possibly from two Bronze Age shipwrecks."

- but as the coins are Islamic, they hardly come from "Bronze Age shipwrecks". A little careless editing here.

Or ignorance?   :'(
Title: Re: Bronze age sword found off Devon coast
Post by: Keraunos on Jul 20, 2026, 11:27 AM
If the coins had been Buddhist rather than Islamic one could have said they were bonze age coins  ::)