Bronze swords dating back to the Iron Age have just unveiled a well-kept secret. Thanks to an innovative imaging technique, ...

Ancient weaponsmiths combined bronze and iron to fashion swords during the early Iron Age – but modern forgers glue together ...

The Bronze Age Peebles Hoard, which includes a sword and decorated trinkets, was discovered in the Scottish Borders by Mariusz Stępień, who is now 48. It dates back to 1000-800BC and comprises ...

69cm (27in) long. See a similar bronze sword of similar size, Eastern Zhou or Han dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.164, no.65.

The fact that the sword was uncovered in a working setting ... Researchers also collected jewelry and makeup accessories, including half a bronze ring and two necklaces. Aiman Ashmawy, an ...

A rare sword presented to a naval captain for his heroics at the Battle of Trafalgar is being sold 219 years later and is expected to fetch up to £110,000. The exquisite bronze gilt sword was one ...

Now, researchers have discovered that the Iron Age weapons are actually pastiches: Not long ago, their original iron blades were replaced with bronze ones. After officials confiscated the swords ...

“conclusively showing that ‘iron cores’ were not a technological feature in these bronze swords, but a result of modern tampering.” The findings not only evidence the prevalence of modern ...

The 3,000 year-old Peebles Hoard is redefining the understanding of Scotland's Bronze Age with never-before seen treasures.

The grave of the unknown warrior was discovered back in the 1960s but a new study claims to have uncovered further details.

For the first time, an imaging method has been used to investigate Iron Age bronze Iranian swords, revealing significant modern modifications that prove the weapons have been altered to increase ...

The long tapering blade with bevelled edges and with a distinct median ridge decorated with a criss-cross lattice pattern, the hilt with two circular flanges below a circular, dished pommel. 54cm (21 ...