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Bronze arrowhead found embedded in Scythian's spine

Started by Dave Beatty, June 08, 2015, 06:01:31 PM

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Dave Beatty

June 08, 2015, 06:01:31 PM
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/06/08/bronze-arrowhead-embedded-in-spine-shows-elite-iron-age-warrior-survived-battle/

This article details the find of a bronze arrowhead embedded in the spine of a Scythian "elite" warrior circa 7-6th century BC.  He was 25-45 years old and survived the wound.

Patrick Waterson

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June 08, 2015, 08:46:54 PM
In addition to perhaps being an epic tale of survival, it does indicate how tiny Scythian arrowheads were.

Nice find, Dave.
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." - Winston Churchill

tadamson

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June 08, 2015, 08:52:00 PM
4cm is pretty much average for lighter style of trilobate arrowheads.


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