In the late 1920s, a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan, near the border with Iraq. They dated from the Iron Age and demonstrated how the ...

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 near ...

Neutron imaging has helped reveal historical discrepancies hidden within a collection of illegally trafficked Iron Age swords. But the nine ancient Iranian weapons aren’t wholesale forgeries—according ...

VEKSØ, DENMARK—According to a Live Science report, a metal detectorist recovered a Bronze Age sword from a bog in eastern Denmark. The hefty design of the weapon suggests that it had been made by the ...

X-rays of a sword that had been sitting in museum storage reveals that it’s actually from the Bronze Age. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

A bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in Germany, officials say. Bavaria’s state office for the preservation of historical ...

In 2023, archaeologists working near the town of Nördlingen in Bavaria made an extraordinary discovery. While excavating a Bronze Age burial site, they uncovered a 3,000-year-old sword so ...

At Chicago's Field Museum, what was thought to be a modern replica of a Bronze Age sword turned out to be the real deal. The artifact actually dates back 3,000 years, the museum announced last week.

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At a recent excavation in the Donau-Ries region of Germany, a bronze sword has been unearthed that's reported to be more than 3,000 years old, and is so well preserved that the archeologists who ...