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

These swords are valuable witnesses to the metallurgical expertise of ancient Iran. However, their alteration complicates the analysis of these techniques, which date back 3,000 years, a pivotal time ...

The sword has always been a symbol of not only power and military might but protection of citizens of the principality from enemies. This is why the sword is often used in emblems of various defense, ...

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.

A cache of 3,000-year-old Iranian swords seized at Heathrow Airport have been revealed to be fakes created using ancient ...

Inside the swords, researchers indeed found the use ... often made of iron—with different (but probably also ancient) bronze blades,” researchers wrote in the report, “conclusively showing ...

Instead of the small stumps of iron that are often all that is left of the blades in ancient swords when they are discovered in Iran, the forgers attached different blades made of bronze ...

Amidst a cache of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects might be the most ...

First discovered in 1963, the Treasure of Villena is a haul of 66 items largely made of gold and silver. The treasure – ...

The Bronze Age Peebles Hoard, which includes a sword and decorated trinkets ... generations and uncover the stories of Scotland's ancient past.' Professor Ian Sinclair, founder of the µ-VIS ...

54cm (21 1/4in) long. Compare with a spearhead decorated with similar patterned blade, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 6th-5th century BC, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes ...