‘A flash of copper caught our attention’: 4,000-year-old dagger discovered deep in Italian cave
Archaeologists have unearthed a 4,000-year-old copper dagger and fragments of human skulls deep in a cave in Italy. The cave was clearly used for burials, but it also holds the remains of an ancient hearth. “The moment we discovered the dagger was unforgettable,” Federico Bernardinian archaeologist at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, told Live Science. […]