5,000 Year Old Crystal Dagger

[Mixer]

Rare 5,000-year-old crystal dagger is uncovered in Prehistoric Iberian megalithic tomb that may have been used by a high-ranking person to gain 'magical powers'

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9177867/Rare-5-000-year-old-crystal-dagger-uncovered-Prehistoric-Iberian-megalithic-tomb-Spain.html

Edited January 25, 2021 by Mixer
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[SkyBlueEyes]

At the Bottom of that article was was this little snippet

"The remains were scattered throughout the site, along with grave goods including elephant tusks, jewelry, pots and one ostrich egg was also found.

 

Well one must conclude there was major trade routes to Central Africa 5000 years ago, Which is a very very very long walk to carry an Elephant tusks and osterich eggies for breakfast, unless they borrow their horses from the Eurasian Steppes which is even further away to walk. The mystery just got bigger or did they deliberatly over look those finds because the question it raises Screws up there civilisation time line.

 

Domestication of the horse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_horse

[The All Eye]

I wonder, if in two thousand years, someone finds my knife buried, they will think I was some great warrior due to the quality of the blade.  It will be found in the ruins of a city and archeologists will say I ruled the city and protected it from wild beast.