01-03-2020 22:33 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Teenager unearths dagger used by Roman soldier

A teenager in Germany has made a stunning discovery, finding a 2,000-year-old silver dagger in a Roman soldier's grave.The 19-year-old intern discovered the dagger and sheath as well as the remains of the decorated leather belt during an archaeological dig in Haltern am See in western Germany.The weapon first had to be X-rayed and CT scanned.Because of corrosion, it took scientists nine months of sandblasting and grinding to restore the 13-inch-long weapon to its former glory.Bettina Tremmel, an
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