Beneath the fields of Southern Poland that have been cultivated regularly for thousands of years, archaeologists have found many ancient tombs belonging to brave warriors carrying valuable weapons and utensils.
The remains in the ancient tombs were severely damaged and difficult to recover due to thousands of years of plowing the fields, however archaeologists found burial items worthy of being called treasure: 4 swords, 9 The tips of spears, javelins, daggers, and ancient warrior jewelry are exquisitely crafted.
Excavation site of ancient tombs – photo provided by the research team
According to the research team from the Institute of Archeology at Kraków University (Poland), with a date of around 2,000 years, these are extremely valuable items. Most valuable is a mysterious sword that remains completely intact after 2,000 years of being buried, although normally this land cannot preserve buried iron objects: they will corrode and become nothing more than distorted pieces or shapes.
The mysterious “sacred sword” has been analyzed by scientists. The result was very surprising: it was cremated with its owner and this special burial ritual made the sword tempered to the point of being extremely durable and good, “invincible” against time and corrosive substances in the past. land.
Close-up of the “sacred sword”, the only object undamaged because it was cremated with its owner – photo provided by the research team
According to archaeologists, the mysterious warrior group may be associated with the Przeworsk culture, now a large archaeological complex in the area, dating from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century. A.C. These Iron Age people had a high level of agricultural cultivation and knew how to dig deep wells to get water. However, they were not good warriors and civilization collapsed after the invasion of the Huns empire.
