5,000-year-old arrow emerges as Norway’s melting mountain ice reveals older archaeological finds

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5,000-year-old arrow emerges as Norway’s melting mountain ice reveals older archaeological finds

Archaeologists have recovered 48 prehistoric arrows from melting mountain ice in Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains. One of the oldest is a 5,000 to 6,000-year-old arrow with a slate arrowhead, wooden shaft, and traces of prehistoric bindings...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/5000-year-old-arrow-norways-melting-mountain-ice/

Photo Åsa Rommetveit Celius, Innlandet County Municipality, Secrets of the Ice.

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