Post by LongBlade on Jun 30, 2007 21:28:46 GMT -5
Scythian Sword Found In Lipetsk
Russia-InfoCentre
11.05.2007
www.russia-ic.com/news/show/3950/
Archeologists from Lipetsk now have a unique item – a rare Scythian sword, which is about 2.5 thousand years old.
The sword was found by a schoolboy, when he was digging up a seed bed near his home. The boy took the sword to his teacher of history, who passed it to archeologists.
Scythian sword, “akinakes” in Greek, is a short – 40-60 cm long – pointing weapon, usually used by Persians and Scythians in close fight. The artifact dates back to early Scythian age. Only about ten Scythian swords were found in Russia until now.
Source: RIA Novosti
Russia-InfoCentre
11.05.2007
www.russia-ic.com/news/show/3950/
Archeologists from Lipetsk now have a unique item – a rare Scythian sword, which is about 2.5 thousand years old.
The sword was found by a schoolboy, when he was digging up a seed bed near his home. The boy took the sword to his teacher of history, who passed it to archeologists.
Scythian sword, “akinakes” in Greek, is a short – 40-60 cm long – pointing weapon, usually used by Persians and Scythians in close fight. The artifact dates back to early Scythian age. Only about ten Scythian swords were found in Russia until now.
Source: RIA Novosti