Archaeologists found 500 Iron Age iron bars in Austria’s Danube, revealing a 1-tonne cargo transported 2,000 years ago
- PC: Cambridge University PressArchaeologists have identified at least 500 forged iron bars recovered from the Danube in Upper Austria as the largest known assemblage of Iron Age iron in Europe.
- The discovery was made in 2019 during gravel extraction at Deinham, when workers found double-pointed iron objects in material taken from beneath the river’s water level.
- According to a research article published by Cambridge University Press titled ‘A sunken ship cargo of 500 bipyramidal bars?
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- PC: Cambridge University PressArchaeologists have identified at least 500 forged iron bars recovered from the Danube in Upper Austria as the largest known assemblage of Iron Age iron in Europe.
- The discovery was made in 2019 during gravel extraction at Deinham, when workers found double-pointed iron objects in material taken from beneath the river’s water level.
- According to a research article published by Cambridge University Press titled ‘A sunken ship cargo of 500 bipyramidal bars?
Sources: Times of India