Metal Detectorist Stumbles on Uniquely Designed Rare Bronze Age Sword, Was Part of Sacrificial Tradition A metal detectorist discovered a long, bronze sword that was bent into an S shape along with ...

A 2,500-year-old Chinese sword discovered in 1965 remains razor-sharp and pristine today, seemingly defying the natural laws ...

A bronze sword inscribed with the name of pharaoh Ramesses II (ruled circa 1279 to 1213 B.C.) was discovered in the remains of a military barracks in the northwest Nile Delta. The sword was likely ...

The weapons of bronze found within the tomb included a meter-long slashing sword with an ivory handle covered with gold. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

A Bord Na Móna worker has discovered a 3,000 year old bronze sword in a County Tipperary bog. Report shows Jim Kelly, the man who made the discovery. The bronze sword, now in a box. The area ...

Among the discovered objects, a complete bronze sword was found still snug in its wooden scabbard, allowing the archaeologists to place the collection in the Late Bronze Age, around 1000-800 BCE.

NARA--Researchers have unearthed a shield-shaped bronze mirror and massive iron sword in an ancient kofun burial mound here, unprecedented discoveries of their kind in Japan. The unusually ...

One is a part of a mold carved on both sides of a stone for casting bronze swords and spears, measuring 9 centimeters in length, 4.6 cm in width and 1.6 cm in thickness. The other is a part of a ...

A Late Bronze Age hoard including sword and spear fragments has been declared treasure despite having none of "the stereotypical 'shiny gold' things we usually see in the news". The pieces were ...

They include bronze socketed axes, palstaves - an early bronze axe - and sword chapes, which were fitted on the end of a sword or dagger scabbard. The items, which were declared treasure last year ...