Mass spectrometry identifies ancient battlefield

Trace elements in Roman artefacts found near the village of Kalkriese in northern Germany reveal that these belonged to soldiers of the Nineteenth Legion. It implies that the legendary Varus battle in the Teutoburg Forest actually took place way outside that forest, according to Prof Michael Prange and PhD student Annika Diekmann of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum in Bochum.   

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