Archaeology

The bottle, produced between 1870 and 1890, was found this past summer at an archeological site in Alta, Utah, a former mining town turned ski resort. 

Tests indicate the meter-long (3.3-foot) weapon likely belonged to a 12th-century Crusader who brought it from Europe.

The sword was eventually transferred to Elisha Medical Center in Haifa for an advanced CT scan to examine the blade’s condition without causing it futher harm.

The discovery's announcement follow the site’s partial opening to the public for the first time. 

Researchers used three different methods to date the site, challenging the preexisting notion of the site being between 1.2 and 1.6 million years old.

The drill’s chemical composition was also surprising, study co-author Jiří Kmošek noted, as it is made up of an unusual copper alloy containing arsenic, nickel, lead, and silver. 

Neta, a second-grader at the regional school in Sussiya, and her father, Nachshon, discovered the pan inside a residential building near the town’s main street. 

The engravings and drawings are divided into several groups, researchers learned in their initial study of the space, the oldest of which are done in red and dated to between 10,000 and 5,500 BCE.

The workshop was discovered at the Ras Tamim archaeological site on the eastern slope of Mount Scopus. 

Additional treasures found within the burial chamber are housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.