One of the greatest archaeological finds in Uk history.
Such is referred to found a soldiers ‘ grave, which contains a warrior with a jernskjold, a wagon and two ponies in a leaping position. It writes the Independent, according to Science.dk.
the Grave was discovered in 2018 and is estimated to be from around 320-174 f.v.t – that is 2,200 years old.
Archaeologists have previously found vogngrave with people, but the new discovery helps to add a whole new chapter to our knowledge, sounds from several archaeologists.
the grave site, which is located in Pocklington near Yorkshire, in northern england, is the only burial place in the Uk, where archaeologists also have found horses buried in a vogngrav. There is also a case of unheard of well-preserved grave.
One of the enthusiastic archaeologists is Paula Ware, director of arkæologivirksomheden ’Map Archaeological Practice’, which was involved in the excavation.
– Size and bevaringsgraden of Pocklington-vogngraven have no british parallel, which gives a greater insight into the woodworkers era, she says to the Independent, according to Science.dk.
She explains, at the same time, it was only after the preservative, that the shield is in the grave, revealed its true value.
– The popular view is that the detailed metal surfaces on the shields was purely ceremonial and only had to reflect the status, but that the shields were not used in combat, she says.
She explains:
Our studies challenge this, since the shield has signs of repairs, indicating that it was not only old, but probably was well-spent.
another archaeologist Melanie Giles from Manchester University, believes that the construction of the carriage and the horses may be an indication that the cart was supposed to help the warrior to reach ’the next world’.
Several archaeologists provides at the same time, expression of, that you can’t compare found of jernskjoldet in the past, writes the Independent according to the Science.dk.
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