4,000 Year Old Climbing Gear Discovered After Alpine Ice in Switzerland Retreats
By Josh Lowe On 10/5/17 at 7:09 AM
Melting snow has revealed a haul of ancient bronze age artefacts on an Alpine pass, showing that the route has been in use for at least 4,000 years.
According to a statement from the local government, among the items were a box of roughly ground flour, fragments of bows, three flint arrowheads, a container made out of cow’s horn, and some small pieces of leather.
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