Ancient arrow 3,000 Year-Old Found in Arabian Peninsula


A surprise discovery occurred in the Arabian Peninsula. Found a bunch of weapons from locations suspected of being ancient religious buildings.
The weapons are meant, among others in the form of bows, arrows, daggers, and axes.
Quoted by the Daily Mail, the weapons were small so that they allegedly used as jewelery or a mere possibility as an offering to the god of war.
The weapons were found in the rubble of the Iron Age. The building was first discovered in 2009 in the town of Adam, the Sultanate of Oman.
Experts suspect the weapons were coming from 900 to 600 BC have previously laid out on the shelves, furniture, or hung on the wall, before falling scattered among a number of other ritual objects.
There are two collections of objects that are specifically attracted the attention of archaeologists, namely tubes made of bronze arrows, each of which contains six arrows and other metal weapons.

The weapons were small so that they allegedly used as mere jewelry, perhaps as an offering to a god. (Source pasthorizonspr.com)
The weapons were small so that they allegedly used as mere jewelry, perhaps as an offering to a god. (Source
pasthorizonspr.com)
Only 35 cm long tube, so that is a replica of asliya objects made from animal skins. The original tube from animal skin is not commonly found in archaeological excavations because decays over time.
Tubes of this kind has never been found in the Arabian Peninsula or the Middle East. Elsewhere, such an object is also somewhat scarce.
Experts also surprised to see the weapons-sejnata other metals because most can not be used in view of their smaller size, material, or in a state of semi-finished.
French researchers found
Some of the weapons found were a combat ax 5, 5 dagger with a crescent-shaped handles typical of the Iron Age, around 50 darts and 5 full bow.
Bows made of sheet curved. Two ends connected with bronze wire.
This arc size average of 70 cm. Of material and size, this arc is a replica of the actual arc made of materials like wood decays and tendons of animals.

The weapons were small so that they allegedly used as mere jewelry, perhaps as an offering to a god. (Source pasthorizonspr.com)
The weapons were small so that they allegedly used as mere jewelry, perhaps as an offering to a god. (Source pasthorizonspr.com)

The archaeological site near Adam was first discovered by a French archaeologist. Excavation has not been conducted entirely up to the team's arrival Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 2011 under the leadership of Dr. Guillaume Gernez.
The site was known as East Mudhmar and includes two buildings located near one of the largest in Oman lembat. Located at the intersection of several trade lanes.
Larger building has a length of 15 meters and is located on the side of Jabal Mudhmar. Made of beams sliced ​​limestone and clay brick.

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