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Roman centurion armor4/28/2023 The scan revealed the remains of a cuirass - the section of a lorica segmentata where the breastplate and back plate are buckled together. In 2019, it was sent to the Fraunhofer Institute in Fürth which has the world’s largest CT scanner - a circular platform more than 11 feet in diameter that rotates while the X-ray apparatus moves up and down - more than big enough for the crate to fit and powerful enough to see inside the dense soil block. ![]() ![]() All they could see was nails of the wooden crate and a large black hole in the shape of the soil block. The block was too big for regular X-ray machines, so they transported the crate to the Münster Osnabrück International Airport where the customs office has a freight-sized X-ray machine. The first step was to scan the block to see what was inside and map out its excavation. To ensure whatever was in there wasn’t exposed to the air and rapid oxidization, archaeologists removed the entire soil block containing the mystery metallics. In the summer of 2018, a metal detector scan of the side wall of an excavation trench retuned 10 strong signals, indications of a large quantity of metal inside the bank. More than 7,000 objects have been found at the Kalkriese battlefield site, from weapons to coins to items of everyday use. The Kalkriese armor is a complete set, and includes an extremely rare iron collar used to shackle prisoners. Before this find, the earliest known examples of Roman lorica segmentata - iron plate sections tied together - were found in Corbridge, UK, and date to the 2nd century. ![]() Archaeologists have discovered the oldest and most complete Roman body armour at the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in Kalkriese, Germany.
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