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Shattered 1,800-year-old sword was 'ritually sacrificed' and may be from Vandal warrior's grave

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Metal detectorists found a nearly 2,000-year-old sword purposefully broken into three pieces.

The weapon may have been a funeral offering for a member of the Vandals, a Germanic tribe renowned for sacking Rome in the fifth century .

Deliberately damaged weapons — including bent or broken swords, notched blades and flattened shields — are often found in Przeworsk graves.