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'Folded' iron sword found in a Roman soldier's grave was part of a pagan ritual


The killed sword is about 1,600 years old.
This iron sword was folded in a ritual killing before it was buried with a soldier about 1,600 years ago.
(Image credit: Errikos Maniotis)
Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a 1,600-year-old
iron sword that was folded in a ritual killing before being interred in the grave of a soldier who served in the Roman imperial army.
The discovery of the folded sword was astonishing, because the soldier was buried in an early church, but folded sword was part of a known pagan ritual, said project co-researcher Errikos Maniotis, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Byzantine Archaeology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. ....

Melina Paisidou , Errikos Maniotis , Roman Army , Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki , Byzantine Archaeology , Aristotle University , Live Science , Northern Europe , Eastern Roman Empire , நிலையான மக்கள் , ரோமன் இராணுவம் , பைசாண்டின் தொல்பொருள் , அரிஸ்டாட்டில் பல்கலைக்கழகம் , வாழ அறிவியல் , வடக்கு யூரோப் , கிழக்கு ரோமன் பேரரசு ,