A Massive, 2,000 Year Old Iron Haul Could Rewrite What We Know About Ancient Trade The discovery of a 2,000 year old iron haul in Austria's Danube River is a significant find for archaeologists.
The massive trove of double pointed iron bars, weighing around one ton, has the potential to challenge existing knowledge about ancient trade in Europe during the Iron Age.
The sheer scale of the haul is impressive – 540 fragments of iron bars, each roughly 11 inches long, were recovered from the riverbed.