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 metal detectorist has unearthed a long, bronze sword that was bent into an S shape during an ancient ritual in what is now Denmark. The sword and other artifacts — which were found in a bog ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...