History
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
4 weeks agoBronze Age log coffin readied for display
A 4,000-year-old oak log coffin with a well-preserved male burial and grave goods underwent conservation and is now installed for display at Lincoln Museum.
CT scans of a 16th century sword from Jena in Germany have revealed a name engraved on the blade, hidden by a thick encrustation of rust. The inscription reads Clemes Stam, the name of the Solingen swordsmith who made it. The blade was one of four surviving swords interred in the graves of the Collegiate Church in Jena where faculty, students and their families were buried in crypts between the late 16th and early 19th centuries.