Polish man finds 1,800-year-old warrior shield with bones
In the Polish city of Chrzanów, a man, while searching for spare parts at a landfill, accidentally discovered a fragment of an ancient shield dating back approximately 1,800 years.
Consensus
- A man in Chrubieszów, Poland found a shield fragment on a landfill in early August.
- The shield fragment is approximately 1,800 years old.
- The artifact contains cremated human remains.
- The object is identified as an umbon — the central iron part of a shield used to protect the hand.
- The man reported the find to the local museum after noticing its unusual nature.
- Archeologists believe the shield belonged to a Vandal warrior who lived in the region that is now Poland.
- The artifact will be added to the collection of the museum in Chrubieszów.
- The find includes evidence of exposure to high temperatures, possibly from a funeral pyre.
Points of divergence
- The find was made by a resident of Chrubieszów while searching for spare parts on a landfill. — vesti
- The man discovered the object while searching for spare parts on a landfill. — vm
- Inside the umbon, archaeologists found a plug of dried earth containing the cremated bones, indicating a funeral pyre ritual. — vesti
- The surface of the metal shows signs of high-temperature exposure, possibly from a funeral pyre. — vm
- The man previously found a major Viking-era silver hoard weighing 18.5 kg with over 700 items in his garden. — vesti
- A piece of amber with fossilized remains of an ancient oyster, dated to about 35 million years ago, was found in Kaliningrad Oblast. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Polishman found shield with bones 1,800 years old at dump — Вести
- Polishman finds ancient shield with warrior remains dating back 1,800 years at dump — Вечерняя Москва