2,300-year-old scissors and ‘folded’ sword discovered in a Celtic cremation tomb in Germany



Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a stash of grave items — together with a folded sword that will have been utilized in battle and an “exceptionally good” pair of scissors — inside a 2,300-year-old Celtic cremation tomb. 

Based mostly on the number of the artifacts, which additionally embrace a portion of a defend, a razor, a fibula (clasp), a belt chain and a spearhead, researchers assume {that a} man and a lady had been buried there. Between the third century B.C. and second century B.C. the Celts — who lived in mainland Europe — burned their useless and buried their stays in pits alongside their belongings, in line with a translated assertion (opens in new tab).