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AwesomeLowlander @sh.itjust.works

4mo ago

A 1300-year-old arrow as it was found lying on the ice at the Lendbreen ice patch in Innlandet County, Norway

Cross-posted from "A 1300-year-old arrow as it was found lying on the ice at the Lendbreen ice patch in Innlandet County, Norway" by @johsny@lemmy.world in !archery@feddit.org

More reading: https://www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-climate-glaciers/a-1300-year-old-arrow-and-horse-dung-have-emerged-from-a-melting-norwegian-glacier/2405832

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johsny @lemmy.world

4mo ago

A 1300-year-old arrow as it was found lying on the ice at the Lendbreen ice patch in Innlandet County, Norway

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I know the pic is really zoomed in, but my brain keeps seeing it as the size of an oar.
- Yeah looks more like a spear than an arrow at first glance.
Let’s pour one out for the iron age archer who missed the shot and lost the arrow.
- The arrowhead was detached from the shaft so who knows, maybe he did hit his target?