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Offline gallienus1

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Oldest crucible steel weapon in Eastern Europe
« on: April 21, 2015, 12:04:23 am »
Russian archaeologists have found a very interesting sword.

See-
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150420084747.htm
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Re: Oldest crucible steel weapon in Eastern Europe
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2015, 11:07:20 pm »
 "Central Asian crucible steel was used only for blades of German swords branded ULFBERHT, dating from the eighth and ninth centuries "
how did they know the Germans got their ulfberht steel from central asia then? Didn't they have to go through eastern europe to get to central asia?
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Re: Oldest crucible steel weapon in Eastern Europe
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2015, 05:27:47 pm »
Here's a quite nice documentary regarding the Ulfberht swords of the Vikings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXbLyVpWsVM

Well worth watching.
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