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Over the summer, an eighty-year-old girl turned an idle day at the lake into a significant historical discovery when she found a 1,500-year-old sword from Europe's Iron Age. The 33-inch long artifact was sitting in a shallow body of water, about 1.5 feet below the surface when it was made over by the young girl.
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Upon finding the sword, she held it up to the weathered blade to her dad: "I held it up in the air and I said 'Daddy, I found a sword!'"
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Archaeologists took a cue from the discovery, returning to the site for further investigations. Their instincts proved correct, too: A. piece 300-400 was also pulled from the waters of Lake Vidöstern.
Photo credit: Jönköping County Museum
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Archaeologists are not done scouring the lake for more relics. A team from the Jönköping County Museum, the County Administrative Board of Jönköping County and members of the Swedish Metal Researchers Association will continue probing the region "to see if there are any additional items.
Let's hope it's teeming with artifacts down there.
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