A rare copper dagger over 4,000 years old was found in the forests of Poland – News

A copper dagger, which is more than 4 thousand years old, was found in a forest near the city of Yaroslav in Poland. Archaeologists identified the artifact as extremely rare.

The valuable find was discovered with the help of a metal detector by a member of the Yaroslavl Historical and Intelligence Society, Piotr Horlach, writes Arkeonews with reference to Nauka W Polsce.

The ancient weapon was made of copper and had a length of just over 10.5 centimeters. The value of the artifact is due to the fact that, according to scientists, in the III millennium BC, copper objects were extremely rare in this area.

According to Dr. Marcin Burghardt from the Yaroslav Museum, the discovered dagger probably dates back to the second half of the 3rd millennium BC.

“In Polish lands, it was a period of huge changes, connected, in particular, with a change in the main raw materials for the production of tools.

Instead of flint tools, which were usually used in the Stone Age, more and more metal products appeared at this time, heralding the transition to the next period – the Bronze Age“, said Dr. Burghardt.

However, the discovered dagger was not cast from bronze, but made from copper.

“Therefore, it preceded the development of bronze metallurgy. In the 3rd millennium BC, objects made of copper were extremely rare, so only people of the highest social status could afford them.

There is no doubt that the dagger is not a local product“, added Dr. Elzhbeta Sieradzka-Burgardt, an archaeologist from the Yaroslavl Museum.

During this period, metal products were imported from the territories of modern Ukraine or Hungary. It was available only to the elite. Connections with the origin of ancient weapons will be determined in the future with the help of special metallurgical analysis.

We will remind you that we previously wrote that a unique gold ring with the image of a two-faced god was found in Poland.