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Medieval sword pulled from sewer in Denmark


Still Waters

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A sharp sword lodged deep within a sewer caught the eye of a pipe layer and an engineer working in Aalborg, Denmark, on Tuesday (Feb. 5). After showing it to archaeologists, the two could hardly believe their luck.

The double-edged sword — a deadly, 3.6-foot-long (112 centimeters) weapon — likely belonged to an elite warrior in medieval times, during the 1300s, according to archaeologists from the Historical Museum of Northern Jutland.

And that warrior likely paid a pretty penny for the weapon.

https://www.livescience.com/64726-medieval-sword-discovered-denmark.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-sword-its-blade-still-sharp-pulled-sewer-denmark-180971469/

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51 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

A sharp sword lodged deep within a sewer caught the eye of a pipe layer and an engineer working in Aalborg, Denmark, on Tuesday (Feb. 5). After showing it to archaeologists, the two could hardly believe their luck.

The double-edged sword — a deadly, 3.6-foot-long (112 centimeters) weapon — likely belonged to an elite warrior in medieval times, during the 1300s, according to archaeologists from the Historical Museum of Northern Jutland.

And that warrior likely paid a pretty penny for the weapon.

https://www.livescience.com/64726-medieval-sword-discovered-denmark.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-sword-its-blade-still-sharp-pulled-sewer-denmark-180971469/

If I found that in the sewer, I would be more concerned for the person that passed it while sitting on the loo... This is one hell of a night out. 

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3 minutes ago, Iilaa'mpuul'xem said:

If I found that in the sewer, I would be more concerned for the person that passed it while sitting on the loo... This is one hell of a night out. 

It wasn't pulled from a sewer, but while digging down towards one. The only reason "sewer" is mentioned is because the finders were sewer workers.

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8 minutes ago, sci-nerd said:

It wasn't pulled from a sewer, but while digging down towards one. The only reason "sewer" is mentioned is because the finders were sewer workers.

Thank god for that... I can release my but cheeks now. I was being lazy and just read the post and not that link. 

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One funny detail is that one of the finders,Jannick Vestergaard, shares name with a somewhat famous danish footballer, and it's not a common name at all!
Only difference is a C. That I find as odd as the find itself.

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