by zwieback on 6/12/24, 4:32 PM
I grew up not far from this site but have been living in Oregon for 30 years. One of the things that still strikes me when I go back to visit is just how much old stuff was around me in my childhood. Over there it's like "oh, let's put a nail salon in this 400 year old building". Here it's like: "oh, there's a 100 year old barn, we must turn it into a heritage site."
by globalise83 on 6/12/24, 1:18 PM
I do find it amazing that even in a place like Germany with excellent state-level surveying and archaeology services, as well as at least two centuries of enthusiastic amateurs, there are still undiscovered castles lurking in the forests...
by 1970-01-01 on 6/12/24, 5:15 PM
by LordHeini on 6/12/24, 5:29 PM
Nice that they provide the 3d scans.
I want to 3d print the knight and it seems so strange that I can do that with a thing someone made 800 years ago.
by Isamu on 6/12/24, 1:56 PM
>“In the Middle Ages, chess was one of the seven skills that a good knight should master,”
Where is that attested in writing of the time?
by arduanika on 6/13/24, 4:17 AM
Funny. It's far more common to see medieval castle ruins emerge from German game pieces.
by dark-star on 6/12/24, 8:01 PM
Ha, cool, this was found literally 5 minutes from where I live.
I hadn't known about this if I hadn't seen this article on HN
by croemer on 6/12/24, 9:50 PM
by not_your_mentat on 6/12/24, 9:15 PM
Do opposite sides of the D6 they found add to 7, the way God intended?
by egypturnash on 6/13/24, 2:03 AM
That little chess piece totally looks like he’s ready to be the central character of a wordless stop-motion animation.
by sopchi on 6/13/24, 5:10 PM
Carved from antlers. What tool would you use to make such clean, deep, small, circular features such as the pips and eyes on the figurine?
by tajstar on 6/12/24, 6:08 PM
I'm amazed that the six-sided dice is so old and yet we still use it since it's such a great tool to get a random number for a game.
by msephton on 6/12/24, 9:03 PM
Very cool, and I love the 3D models they've made available to view and zoom in on.
by mike_hock on 6/13/24, 9:53 AM
Sounds like something that would happen in Broken Sword.
by JoeAltmaier on 6/11/24, 10:24 AM
That 'horse' looks like a bishop to me. The head is far more person-shaped than horse-shaped. And that necklace - surely homage to a surplice or other ecclesiastical garb or jewelry?