Lockdown Looting: Massive Hoard of Stolen Serbian Artifacts Seized [Ancient Origins, 7 January 2021]

Title:

Lockdown Looting: Massive Hoard of Stolen Serbian Artifacts Seized

 

Author:

Ashley Cowie

 

Published:

Ancient Origins, updated 7 January 2021

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/serbian-artifacts-0014769

From the article:

According to  Archaeology News Network, on the 29 th December, officials seized a truck with Romanian license plates at the Srpska Crnja border, attempting to cross between Serbia and Romania. The 46-year-old Serbian citizen claimed he was innocently transporting a load of parquet from Ukraine to Serbia and that he was only carrying two bags of sweets and a couple of pots. However, what the customs officials discovered is being described as of “great historical and archaeological value.”

Study led by University of Göttingen archaeologist (April 2020) - Sword-wielding scientists show how ancient fighting techniques spread across Bronze Age Europe

Title:
Sword-wielding scientists show how ancient fighting techniques spread across Bronze Age Europe

Author:
Andrew Curry

Published:
Science, 17 April 2020

From the article:
"Bronze swords have been found by the thousands in graves, rivers, and bogs all across Europe. But because the alloy is so soft—and easy to mangle compared with later iron weapons—historians have long wondered whether these swords were battlefield tools or mere status symbols."

To read this article:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/sword-wielding-scientists-show-how-ancient-fighting-techniques-spread-across-bronze-age