Hobbyists Revise Roman History
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.... [E]vidence found in woods outside the small town of Kalefeld may force historians to take a new look at the Roman presence in Germany. More than 600 artifacts, ranging from axe heads and wagon parts to coins and arrowheads, have been found on a forested hill called the Harzhorn. So far, the artifacts indicate that Roman soldiers fought a battle on top of the hill.
The site first came to light in the summer of 2000, when local metal detector hobbyists found some pieces of metal while looking for a medieval fort.http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,596720,00.html
A somewhat different telling: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1215/2
Weapons still had DNA: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,596619,00.html
A map and beautiful photos: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iY8SwRu6dheaLnRSctQr8uOG-lAgD95399Q01
A closeup: http://www.archaeologynews.org/story.asp?ID=364106&Title=Battlefield relics could rewrite Roman history
-Kushana



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