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Archaeologists discover 3,000-years-old wood and ropes in Romania

Archaeologists in Romania have discovered 3,000-years-old well-preserved wood and ropes at Beclean in the country’s northern Bistrita-Nasaud County.

Valeriu Kavruk, curator of the Museum of the Eastern Carpathians based in Sfantu Gheorghe, central Romania, said that the objects, found in the bed of a vastly salted river near Baile Figa, have been well conserved due to the salted mud.

Lab tests with Carbon 14 revealed that the articles dated from 1000 B. C, Kavruk said.
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