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Amazingly well preserved 3,500-year-old lunch box discovered in Swiss Alps
« on: July 28, 2017, 01:13:48 pm »
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Amazingly well preserved 3,500-year-old lunch box discovered in Swiss Alps

An incredibly rare wooden container from the Bronze Age has been discovered on the Lötschberg mountain in Switzerland, still with detectable traces of the grains that the box contained.

The box was found at the summit of the Lötschenpass, a transit through a glacier, at an elevation of about 2,650 metres above sea level. It's thought to have remained frozen since it was lost or abandoned by its owner in 1500 BCE.

http://prehistoricarch.blogspot.com/2017/07/amazingly-well-preserved-3500-year-old.html
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Re: Amazingly well preserved 3,500-year-old lunch box discovered in Swiss Alps
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2017, 01:37:16 pm »
Cool!
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Re: Amazingly well preserved 3,500-year-old lunch box discovered in Swiss Alps
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2017, 01:49:37 pm »
It really is in great shape:
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Re: Amazingly well preserved 3,500-year-old lunch box discovered in Swiss Alps
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2017, 01:55:09 pm »
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... still with detectable traces of the grains that the box contained.

Just goes to show, even in 1500 BC kids didn't eat whatever their Mom's packed in their lunchboxes.

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Re: Amazingly well preserved 3,500-year-old lunch box discovered in Swiss Alps
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2017, 07:40:22 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on July 28, 2017, 01:49:37 pm
It really is in great shape:


Worthless without the Thermos bottle, though.

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