Early Iron Age Iranian bladed weaponry is ... identified as such by their regular outline and circular cross-section. Bizarrely, one sword even contained a fragment of a modern drill bit still ...

Neutron imaging has helped reveal historical discrepancies hidden within a collection of illegally trafficked Iron Age swords ... identified by their circular cross-sections and too-perfect ...

The ancient weapon seems to be a rare type of iron sword made in the Frankish Empire ... long and consists of the handle, the cross guard and part of the blade. The rest of the blade is missing ...

The Iron Age sword and mirror found in a prehistoric burial on the island of Bryher in the Isles of Scilly, off the southwestern tip of Britain. The mystery of the burial has now been ...

AN ANCIENT sword engraved with swastikas and forged long before Jesus walked the Earth has been discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis. Uncovered intact in France after 2,300 years ...

Because the cist, or stone-lined grave, contained an iron sword, researchers at the time concluded that the person buried there was likely a man. However, since the grave also contained a bronze ...

Neutron tomography suggested forging for all six swords. The tomographic reconstructed cross sections revealed ... suggests that possible sources of iron were Bassar (now Togo) or Sweden or ...

He pulled out a rusty but intact iron sword with a bent blade ... they found 30 square bronze rings and cross-shaped pendants, as well as a buckle, strap dividers and several animal head buckles.

The sword was found at a strange second Iron Age burial site, lacking any skeletons due to the acidity of the soil. However, researchers uncovered several metal artefacts at the site, including ...