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Europe’s Largest Hoard of Copper Age Axes, Ax Hammers Discovered in Northeast Bulgaria

Europe’s Largest Hoard of Copper Age Axes, Ax Hammers Discovered in Northeast Bulgaria

The hoard of 22 copper axes and ax hammers from the 5th millenium BC weighs a combined total of nearly 12 kg, and is said to be Euroep’s largest Chalcolithic find of its kind. Photo: Ruse Regional Museum of History

A hoard of 6,500-year-old Copper Age axes and ax hammers – Europe’s largest such find so far – has been discovered by accident near the town of Polkovnik Taslakovo, Dulovo…