Rare Cannonball from Alamo Siege Unearthed

0:00Archaeologists at the Alamo just dug up a four-pound solid bronze cannonball tied straight to the 1836 battle between Texian defenders and Mexican forces. The Alamo trusted and now stood on March 19th after the find on March 5th right before the battle's 190th anniversary. This cannonball came from about three feet underground outside the Alamo church, and a layer matching the siege when Mexican artillery hammered the compound from the northeast. Words call it super rare, because looters and later construction cleared out most big artifacts like this back then, but this one kept its original. Spide. Giving key context on the fight. They also pulled up four exploding shot fragments from howitzer rounds, three bronze, one iron, meant to burst and spray shrapnel on impact. Once analysis wraps, this piece could go on display in the new Alamo visitor center opening in 2028, adding to over 250, thousand artifacts they keep building the full story of that

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