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@archaeology@mstdn.social I'll be very interested to read about the authentication of this piece... But sadly your link points to an altogether different article.
@croyle@wandering.shop @archaeology@mstdn.social I was curious, so
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/11th-century-ritual-sword-discovered-in-dutch-river/
I thought the humorous part was that it said the sword was 1 meter long.
Amazing if true.
@John@socks.masto.host @archaeology@mstdn.social Ah, the link was fixed... 1m is long, but not so unusual with the hilt and pommel included. Although it originally would have weighed a bit more, t's still quite light, likely due to distal taper.
@croyle@wandering.shop @archaeology@mstdn.social I was thinking it was amusing if there was accuracy in that claim. That would have been quite early in history to measure "one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator along the meridian passing through Paris"
@John @archaeology Approximately, or perhaps "coincidentally." :) Whichever was more fitting. Although I too strongly suspect the former.