BBC Focus Magazine

[Healerman]

When archeologists recently excavated a 3,800-year-old palace near the eastern German city of Weimar, they discovered about 100 valuable weapons buried next to a massive structure. Now they are puzzling over how an ancient chieftain buried nearby became so rich.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/ger ... 69,00.html

One wonders whether this bronze-age practice is the ultimate origin of the traditional phrase, "Burying the hatchet". After all, once someone (and their hatchets) have been laid to rest, any outstanding arguments cease to have meaning... unless, of course you want to start a feud or dispute the terms of the will.