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Retreating ice reveals 48 prehistoric arrows in Norway

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  • Norwegian archaeologists uncovered 48 prehistoric arrows as retreating ice revealed them.
  • The find includes a 5,000-year-old slate arrowhead bound with birch-bark tar.
  • Arrows span the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Viking Age, some over 6,000 years old.
  • Scientists warn glacial loss could erase the sites within two decades.
  • Espen Finstad’s Secrets of the Ice team will continue fieldwork as melt speeds up.