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Princely Tomb From Bronze Age Found in Orne Valley
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Princely tomb from Bronze Age found in Orne Valley
Excavations in the Orne Valley have brought to light a “princely” burial dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 1900–1800 BC). The burial contained an exceptional assemblage of prestige grave goods, including 31 flint arrowheads, two bronze daggers, and a fragment of rock crystal that may once have formed part of a pendant. The larger of the two bronze daggers measures 30 cm and retains traces of a leather sheath, while the smaller example had once …
Archaeology News: An Inrap team is currently conducting, on the prescription of the state (Drac Normandie), a excavation in Écouché-les-Vallées, Orne, as part of the extension of the MEAC quarry. Archaeologists exhume multi-millennial remains including traces of Neolithic habitat and a princely tomb of Bronze age.
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