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More Than 1,000 Unexploded 18th-Century Rockets Were Just Discovered In India

More than 1,000 unexploded 18th-century rockets have just been recovered from an abandoned well at a fort in the Karnataka state in southern India. The rockets are believed to have belonged to the Muslim warrior king Tipu Sultan, who ruled over Karnataka’s Shivamogga district at the time, according to Archaeology.

The rockets were discovered when the well that’s located at Nagara Fort was undergoing renovations and repairs.

“Excavation of the open well led to unearthing of over 1,000 corroded rockets that were stored during Tipu’s times for use in wars,” R. Shejeshwara Nayaka said to AFP from the excavation site, which is about 240 miles northwest of the state’s capital of Bangalore. “Digging of the dry well where its mud was smelling like gunpowder led to the discovery of the rockets and shells in a pile.”