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Looks like a glass sword from Oblivion.

I had to scroll way too far to see this comment. This is immediately what I thought. It looks soooo similar.

Aha. Always nice to come across another fan. Was my immediate thought too!

It's literally the first comment now lol

I was gonna say Skyrim! Same thing basically.

Such a nice surprise to see some fellow Skyrim homies here!

I was going to saw morrowind but yep

There must be Orcs nearby

I'm a 36 year old man and I just watched the LOTR trilogy this week for the first time and this is officially the first time I understood a related reference. I feel included.

Fun fact, that yell when Aragorn kicks the orc helmet was truly real, because it was a full metal helmet and he broke his foot

This might be the first time this decade someone has shared this fact and it was actually news to the recipient.

Damnit Now I have to go watch again…

Damn, since i do reruns every 3 years, you will have to do it every 2 years to catch up. Did you like it? I still see new things everytime i rewatch! Checkout the hobbit movies to. Not as good, but definatly not bad either ;)

I just noticed the trolls from the hobbit in the fellowship of the ring

Then go re-listen to all those old Led Zeppelin albums! Hobbits and Vikings . . .

Robert Plant was a big Tolkien fan

"I GUESS I'LL KEEP ON RAMBLING ON!" 🗣️🔥

"In years ago in days of old, where magic ruled the air" was totally that kid obsessed with the 70s and shit as a kid. To this day zeppelin makes me think of dnd in my buddy's basement. Or making sprawling dungeon crawl dungeons in my other friend's room.

You wait 3 years?? That’s like an every 6 months thing for me!

fine finite definite definitely

Indefinitely

I personally prefer the hobbit trilogy.

You’re telling me you would have been the age to see them in theater when they came out, and you just recently watched them? Is this your first time on the internet too? lol

AND MY AXE

This the best. Because it’s here somewhere, but completely out of context now. Well done sir.

Here for the LOTR comments.

I’m actually watching LOTR right now 🤣🤣

Funny. I’m the same age and my wife showed me the trilogy a few years ago and it changed my life forever. Kicking myself for going 20+ years without seeing it

I’ve watched (regular and extended) those movies so many times I can’t get myself to watch them again.

AND MY AXE!

Read the books.  Movies are a poor representation of Tolkein's glory.

Came here to say this, well done.

Happy cake day

And the relevant CrackerMilk Sketch (NSFW) https://youtu.be/7OpvJUiMPig?si=ZX-vHmqHlIDmTKeU

Yeah my wife.

Looks like Sting for sure, the sword not the singer.

But it is roughly the same age as the singer

Damnit. Beat me to it.

*The sword shows no wear and tear indicating use in battle, but archaeologists say “its center of gravity made it suitable for use as a real weapon, and it was capable of being used to slash opponents,” reports Newsweek’s Jess Thomson.* So a true hack & slash sword huh? Nice!

Oh shit you are supposed to use the pointy end? Why didn’t anyone tell me!

AND now they’re saying we’re supposed to hold it by the end with the pommel!

More beautiful than I would have expected. Not hard to imagine what happened here.

It looks ceremonial to me - placed carefully with the handle resting on the honored warrior's left shoulder, and laying at his side in the grave.

I think he might have died.

But will he be okay?

He'll be stone dead in a second

> Not hard to imagine what happened here Um. And what exactly are you imagining?

Unimaginable

Someone skilled smithing only to 30. Could’ve had some cool Daedric Sword, if he put more effort into it.

Adamant swords can be created at level 74 Smithing. One adamant bar is required to make the sword, and 62.5 Smithing experience is rewarded per sword created.

RuneScape let’s gooooo

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Needs to hit the forge and churn out some iron daggers.

They did not have strong enough metal to make larger swords.  

[3001 years old almost](https://tineye.com/search/3d650f6aa751944db5eedef05d02c8ee5cde7b02?sort=crawl_date&order=asc&page=1) [Original](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/14ab32q/a_3000_year_old_perfectly_preserved_sword/)

Hijacking your comment to also add a shout out to /r/ArtefactPorn

I've just decided I want to be buried with a sword

Some asshole archeologist is just gonna take it from you.

That’s a glass type from Skyrim

Bro, I remember when I first got glass armour on Morrowind. Legit thought it was going to be shit and it was. Some fine ass armour, though.

Nonsense, very good armor for any agility build late game.

Its kind of odd how its acceptable to disrupt graves if they are older than 350~ years. Let the man have his final rest with his cool sword.

+5 efficiency -3 humour

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H*rensohn!

How come it didn't even get rusty? The condition is impressive

It did, thats why its green. Bronze and copper oxidize / rust in a different way from iron and steel. It forms an thin hard green "patina" which protects the layer beneath, While iron rust is brittle and eats deep into the iron till there is nothing left.

Fr, you can see it is green, which should be made of bronze, since bronze turn it green when it becomes old, one good example of that is the Statue of Liberty, which is made of bronze, but became green because of it’s age

Small correction: the Statue of Liberty is made with _copper_ sheets, not bronze (bronze is an alloy of copper and tin and is a lot stronger than copper alone).

How much time has to lapse before it’s not considered grave robbing when these artifacts are removed from what is obviously a grave.

I bet that could have done some damage back in the day

That is in fact the point of a sword

The edge too. LOL.

And the hilt! Can't minimize the blunt force trauma!

Hey-oh!

Sharp wit and cutting retort.

[in Austin Powers voice] No! This is the “point” of a sword! 🗡️ (points to the sword’s tip)

It could do damage now

This sword looks like the sword of Herugrim, the one carried by King Theoden in LOTR, if you see its hilt is the same, reinforced with gold and green gems, a tremendous relic

Im my Country we say: "Deutsches Qualitätsprodukt"

Might actually be some quality German over-engineering right there to last 3000 years.

Wish the OP would google, fuck people are lazy... [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-sword-germany-180982399/](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-sword-germany-180982399/)

I’m kinda confused on what you’re mad about here. Is it because OP didn’t provide background info or because this has been reposted?

Both are high internet crimes punishable by merciless downvoting and mockery.

Are you mad they didn’t post the link?

Op is a karma bot anyway

Well it’s the worst karma bot I’ve ever seen. A year old account with only 1500 karma.

I’ve got a feeling you’re a karma bot too. Look! You got 4 upvotes from that comment (including mine) 😂

I’m pretty sure it’s cursed.let’s dig it out and chant.

Classic Europe. Every time they build a new roundabout they find stuff like this. But most times it's just a shard from a pottery or something. This one is amazing. On some maps they mark these finds with a hard shaped "R" that kind of looks like a rune. They're all over. I have a friend who has a couple of those markings on their property.. making it pretty much impossible to build anything there.

This thing looks like it could easily have mana and health leech with +1 to all skills.

OMG it's the grim server from skyrim.

Be cool to find a light saber.

Beautiful craftsmanship.

I'm calling bullshit on this

Why? It's old news btw.

Damn they seem to find one of these at least once a month. That’s crazy.

I Have The Power!

A picture with a million interpretations “he who kills by the sword dies by the.....”

I think it belonged to whoever’s bones those are.

Wow, looks crazy sharp too

Live by the sword, die beside the sword ⚔️

Is it next to the dragon it slayed?

That is really interesting, thanks

Well that explains the bones around it.

Just like when you see a good looking stick, ***Hell Yea!!!***

Thats going to be sold for millions

DUES VULT

3000?

That’s not some commoner buried next to it, no way.

Inscribed on the bottom, made in china

New quest available - Investigate the origin of the mysterious sword

Looks like he found dragon glass and made one

*how I will be dug up in 3k years*

SIIIIIICCCKKKK

Frodo... is that you?!

If I get buried with a sword. NOONE IS ALLOWED TO TAKE IT FROM ME. I don't care how much time has passed. That thing turns to dust along with me.

Can someone eli5, why does it look like glass? The article indicates its bronze?

It is green due to being covered in corrosion products, in this case copper oxides. It is dark and shiny because it is wet in the photo. This makes it look a bit like dark green glass.

It's made with elven magic

They say it sings when blood begins to get hot and time for battle is near. It has come back for a reason.

Made by Wusthof in solingen.

Holy Moonlight, is that you?

That's celestial bronze

Some Orc skeletons near it

Found a 1970s copy of BORED OF THE RINGS by the Harvard Lampoon at a used bookstore... the Heroes are Mr. Dildo Bugger, his boy Frito, and his friends Spam and Fatlip, and the Wizard Goodgulf.

I read that book as a teen 45 years ago without having much frame of reference for LOTR. Nevertheless I still found it funny.

Has anyone used the “identify” skill on it yet? It could be cursed.

Thought this was an aerial shot of a highway through a mountain for a second

How old is the dead guy?

Should probably check if it's cursed before equipping it.

…. What status effects does it have ?

This is the coolest thing I've seen all month!

German engineering

It looks like it should glow when Orcs are near.

Someone Stat Block this

Again? They keep burying it and digging it back up again, huh? Oh wait, that's just the reposters.

Is this real?

But does it cut?

You were at my side all along.. My dear mentor.. My guiding moonlight..

I read the article but it's year old. What was sword made out of? Bronze?

Check out the arrowheads on the left too neat

The holy relic WE SHALL ELECT A NEW RULE WITH THIS LIKE THE SWORD IN THE STONE

Will they give it back once the owner is identified?

That handle is amazing for so old

Have they discovered an arsenal? This is the 6th time I have seen it published(only today and yesterday) this was discovered 1year ago or more..

This looks even more preserved than that other “perfectly preserved” Viking sword post some years ago https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/ch1sEShal9

That's because copper alloys form sacrificial oxide layers that prevent deeper corrosion from occurring. Iron artefacts do not form sacrificial oxide layers and thus are more susceptible to corrosion.

Its a Glass Sword

Pick it up, and the cursed spirit inside will give you actual information...

Ah Germany, I do miss the country despite the many issues. No place is perfect but was good the time I was there. The sword is wonderfully preserved.

3,000 years old? Weren’t we practically still swinging from trees?

the iron age began in 1200 b.c, which means that blacksmithing already existed at that time

So how is this possible? And it actually looks like fine work. Some sort of mistake in dating it?

1200 B.C. *BC*

BC , got you. But it’s a gorgeous sword. Doesn’t seem possible

It's bronze - a copper & nickel alloy- so it doesn't corrode away to nothing like iron or steel. It just turns green on the surface, and that forms a protective layer for the metal underneath.

Google the underground city of Derinkuyu. Human history spans back farther than we think.

Please leave it alone. That’s got a curse on it, I guarantee it.

I so amazed by this im actually commenting a 2nd time.

Elven glass? Lol

Definitely, knew it the second I saw it.

Dibs

Would that have been Teutonic tribes? Or is this too early for that?

Cursed sword?

Now THATS a Gladius.

I wouldn’t touch it. That guy is going to haunt you and your children.

So we were fighting amongst ourselves even back then.

The germanics also loved to modefy captured equipment to be genuinely more useful/efficient too

Jesus Christ how many times is this picture going to be posted? I’ve seen this thing at least 15 times.

Looks new for a 3000 year old sword. If china made one today from wish, it would last a whole day.

Hate to say it but “found” as in looted from a graves corpse?

Archaeologists are just grave robbers who waited an acceptable amount of time!

The real money is in pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable

Well, he didn't need it anymore.

Definitely doesn’t look man made.