4,000-year old bronze razor found in Siberia

A 4,000-year old bronze razor has been discovered at the site of an ancient settlement in the Novosibirsk Region, western Siberia, a local archeologist said on Wednesday.
ancient bronze razor

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The thin bronze plate sharpened on both sides could also have been used as a knife or a surgical tool



Vyacheslav Molodin, the deputy head of the Siberian institute of archeology and ethnography, said that the razor was the first bronze object found in the area.

He said that the thin bronze plate sharpened on both sides could also have been used as a knife or a surgical tool.


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