This took the form of a short iron sword, typically 18-24 inches, known as a xiphos — a double-edged, straight, one-handed blade whose overall design likely dates back to the Bronze Age.

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

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.

More than 3,000 years ago, a long sword emblazoned with the insignia of ... finding a shimmering bronze blade with the intricacies of an ornamental cartouche — the personal emblem used by ...

German archaeologists are thrilled to have dug up a Bronze Age sword more than 3,000 years old which is extraordinarily well preserved. The bronze sword with an octagonal hilt was found in a grave ...

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

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 ...

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Pots like this were used to store grain. Image caption, This large bronze dagger was found at Oxborough in Norfolk. At first sight, it looks very dangerous. But in fact the blade is thick and blunt.

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 ...