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Archaeologists Unearth 'Astonishing' Wooden Spade, Preserved in an English Trench for 3,500 Years

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Radiocarbon dating suggests a Bronze Age wooden spade is around 3,500 years old .

It's one of the oldest and most complete wooden tools ever found in the United Kingdom .

The tool was able to survive for millennia because of the region’s soggy wetland conditions.

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84

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83

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60

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informal

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English

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45

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