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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 ...

The rare artifacts date back to around 500 BCE—and the detectorist's second go was somehow just as fortuitous. Reading time 3 minutes It’s unusual to achieve something on your first try. But Claus ...

Imaging technology has revealed that ancient swords smuggled into the UK recently have been altered by modern-day forgers, who replaced many of the original iron blades with bronze ones. What’s more, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Archaeologists recently discovered a bronze sword that was likely never used in battle inside a millennia-old stone tower in ...

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 ...