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Turkic-Period Tomb in Mongolia Yields 1,400-Year-Old Peach Wood Bow and Horse-Head Instrument with Runic Inscription
A rock tomb excavated in western Mongolia has preserved two exceptional objects from the early medieval Eurasian steppe: a composite bow reportedly built around a peach wood core and a horse-head stringed instrument bearing ancient Turkic runic writing. The Jargalant Khairkhan burial was discovered in 2008 in Mongolia’s Khovd Province. Its unusually dry and inaccessible…
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1,500-Year-Old Anglo-Saxon Sword Near Canterbury Reveals Elite Power and European Ties
Archaeologists from the University of Central Lancashire have uncovered an exceptionally preserved sixth-century Anglo-Saxon sword in a cemetery in Kent. The weapon, buried around 1,500 years ago, is not just another grave good. It is a statement. Of authority. Of lineage. Of connection to a much larger European network. The discovery, led by Professor Duncan…