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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Nicole Wootton-Cane

Newly discovered fingerprint could unlock 2,000-year-old mystery

The Hjortspring boat is currently displayed at the National Museum of Denmark - (Boel Bengtsson)

A newly discovered fingerprint could hold the key to unlock a 2,000-year-old mystery surrounding an ancient attack, scientists have said.

Historians have long been puzzled by the identities of a group of unknown attackers whose boats ambushed Als, an island off the coast of Denmark, during the 4th century BC.

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