The artifact, a bronze fragment just six centimeters long, was found in 2023 by volunteer heritage protector Matthias Dasse during a field survey near Kletzke in the Prignitz district of Brandenburg.

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At the turning point between the Bronze Age and Iron Age, two swords built with completely different methods are put into a direct head-to-head test. A cast bronze blade that can cut and stab is ...

There’s something kind of magical about looking at stuff from the past; it’s like a tiny peek into how people lived, worked, and created long before we were around. Sure, lots of these treasures sit ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Philadelphia recently intercepted a shipment containing nearly 4,000-year-old artifacts from the Bronze Age, preventing them from entering the U.S.

Philadelphia Customs and Border Protection officers seized a shipment containing Bronze Age era swords and arrowheads that ...

Archaeologists have uncovered mudbrick military barracks, granaries, and weapon stores dating to the reign of Ramesses II at Tel Al-Abqain. Among the most remarkable finds is a bronze sword decorated ...

Forget wooden swords or Norse-inspired bangles – visitors are being offered a far more enduring souvenir of this year’s Jorvik Viking Festival. International artists will be on hand to ensure people ...

The key to solving the mystery of the Viking results is the discovery of perchlorate on the Martian surface in 2008. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Among several finds at a Viking burial site on Papa Westray, Orkney, is “a rare, exciting, and complex artifact” – a Mayback sword in the form of a Pedersen Type D, associated with the 9th century.

When it comes to swords, Fan Shisan’s no slouch. An influencer from China’s Sichuan Province, his short-form video content is swarming with handcrafted blades — sometimes literally. Case in point, Fan ...