SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Art@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month agoA 3000 Year old perfectly preserved sword dug up in Germanylemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down15
arrow-up1249arrow-down1imageA 3000 Year old perfectly preserved sword dug up in Germanylemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Art@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareYurkshireLad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 month agoEither that’s not a 3000 year old sword or that soil is full of preservatives.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIt’s bronze, so copper and tin. The outer layer patinas and protects the rest.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoBronze ages very well under certain conditions. The patina is its oxidation and unlike with rust it protects the deeper metal from corrosion. Another famous example of a nearly as old and beautiful bronze sword: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Goujian
Either that’s not a 3000 year old sword or that soil is full of preservatives.
It’s bronze, so copper and tin. The outer layer patinas and protects the rest.
Bronze ages very well under certain conditions. The patina is its oxidation and unlike with rust it protects the deeper metal from corrosion.
Another famous example of a nearly as old and beautiful bronze sword:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Goujian