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Coverage dated September 20, 2026

'Rusty Treasure' in Austria Revealed as Europe's Largest Cache of Iron Age Iron Bars

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In 2019, workers at a gravel extraction plant in Deinham, close to the Danube River...

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  1. Phys

    'Rusty treasure' find revealed as Europe's largest assemblage of prehistoric iron bars (opens Phys)

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    Analysis of a "rusty treasure" excavated during industrial gravel extraction at Deinham, Austria, reveals it is the largest mass find of prehistoric iron bars in Europe, pointing to iron production and trade during the Iron Age on an unprecedented scale.

  2. Science Alert

    'Rusty Treasure' in Austria Revealed as Europe's Largest Cache of Iron Age Iron Bars (opens Science Alert)

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    In 2019, workers at a gravel extraction plant in Deinham, close to the Danube River...

  3. Live Science

    'Nothing short of a minor miracle': 'Rusty treasure' found in the Danube is full of 2,000-year-old iron bars that could equip an entire army with weapons (opens Live Science)

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    Archaeologists in Austria have analyzed a collection of 500 iron bars that were likely lost in a Danube shipwreck 2,200 years ago.

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