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Ancestral Tumulus

From the April 2006 Print Edition

Daggers, broadswords, halberds, battle-axes, shields, helmets, scabbard parts and buckles, spearheads, manacles, necklaces, wine jars, war trumpets, wagon, chariot and harness fittings, armor and heraldic metalwork entombed in wooden mortuary houses under earthen mounds with severed skulls of . . . . Continue Reading »