Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden

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Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden

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Cool find:

Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden
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Re: Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Swe

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Wow! What a great find! 500 years before the Viking age!

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Area where the sword was found....interesting it was found a ways inland.
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Re: Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Swe

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That means she's the Queen now right?
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In 2020 it's likely to be revealed that she is the Chosen One for the coming next events. :up:

Great sword and I'd also like to see the brooch they found.
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Veovis wrote:That means she's the Queen now right?


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Re: Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Swe

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Oh, that's where I left it! :biggrin:

So cool to see an item that was created only 8500 years after the earth was formed. :biggrin:
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Wow it will be interesting to see what metals and production method was used to make this astonishing sword?
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Queen K wrote:In 2020 it's likely to be revealed that she is the Chosen One for the coming next events. :up:

Great sword and I'd also like to see the brooch they found.


This is freaking awesome.
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