Man rummaging in Polish junkyard finds a 1,800-year-old shield holding the cremated remains of a Vandal warrior

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The iron shield boss was covered with caked earth when it was found. (Image credit: Bartłomiej Bartecki, Hrubieszów Museum)

A man searching for spare auto parts at a junkyard in Poland discovered an entirely different kind of treasure: part of a 1,800-year-old shield that was filled with bones.

The shield's age and location suggest that it belonged to a Vandal warrior, according to the archaeologists who excavated the find. The Vandals...

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