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In 1822, a white stork was found in northern Germany with a long African spear lodged through its neck. Remarkably, the bird had survived the injury. This Pfeilstorch (German name) was crucial in understanding the migration of European birds. Before migration was understood, people struggled to explain the sudden annual disappearance of birds like the white stork. Besides migration, some theories of the time held that they turned into other kinds of birds, mice... #history #zoology
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A very rear finding from hallstatt period , c. 2500 years ago, found on the Baltic coast in Poland.

#archeology #ironage

The Caynton Caves

A cave, real dungeon, beneath a tree, belived to be linked to Templars.

https://www.exploringgb.co.uk/blog/the-caynton-caves

#history #archeology

Exploring GB

An ordinary rabbit's hole in a farmer's field leads to an underground sanctuary once used by a medieval religious order - it's one of Britain's most mysterious places.

Exploring GB

An early medieval Viking like sword, dating from the 9th-10th centuries found in Supraśl in Poland. Everything indicates that it is made at the end of the 9th or the beginning of the 10th century, most likely related to the Viking culture or the Baltic population.

#archeology

Well preserved bee nest circa 680 AD found in an oak trunk in Poland probly the oldest such a nest ever found.

#archeology #bee

The Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in excellent condition in the Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia.

#archeology

More than 3,000 years ago, in Tollense Valley, two ancient armies clashed. Tollense Valley is a river valley in what’s now northern Germany.

No one is sure who took part in the conflict or the disagreement that led to the bloodshed—Europe’s earliest-known battle, and the largest from the time.

-- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/arrowheads-europe-oldest-battle-tollense

#archeology #bronzeage

These 3,000-year-old arrowheads tell the story of Europe’s oldest battle

Metal arrowheads found in Germany’s Tollense Valley shed light on who may have fought in the ancient conflict around 1250 B.C.