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Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:04 PM[ind-Arch] 4500 yr old copper weapons found in Mesi, 800 km. from Athensindiaarchaeology

 

 

 

 

 

Prehistoric bronze hoard found off Greek beach

ATHENS (AP, The Hindu, 11

Dec. 2008): Authorities say a hoard of 4,500-year-old copper weapons recovered

off a northern beach is the largest of its kind ever found in Greece.

A Culture Ministry statement says the

discovery includes at least 110 ax and hammer heads, but several more should be

extracted from compacted masses of corroded metal.

The ministry says they were probably buried at

a time of unrest or war. The hoard would have represented a fortune at the

time.

Thursday's statement says there were no traces

of a shipwreck. The site was probably a coastal area flooded by rising sea

levels.

The tools were discovered near the village of Mesi,

500 miles (800 kilometers) northeast of Athens.

Archaeologists recovered it from a depth of 3 1/2 yards (meters).

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/001200812111885.htm