In the late 1920s, a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan, near the border with Iraq. They dated from the Iron Age and demonstrated how the ...

Neutron imaging has helped reveal historical discrepancies hidden within a collection of illegally trafficked Iron Age swords. But the nine ancient Iranian weapons aren’t wholesale forgeries—according ...

Imaging technology has revealed that ancient swords smuggled into the UK recently have been altered by modern-day forgers, who replaced many of the original iron blades with bronze ones. What’s more, ...

It’s unusual to achieve something on your first try. But Claus Falsby’s successful first go at metal detecting was more than just unusual—it was nothing short of extraordinary. The rookie metal ...

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A team of archaeologists in Japan has discovered a massive iron sword that was buried to protect the dead from evil spirits. Commenting on the discovery of the sword, Murase said that it's twice as ...

Archaeologists discovered a 2,200-year-old bronze warrior charm while excavating an ancient Celtic town in Germany.

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After decades of debate and assumptions, archaeologists have picked up their Bronze Age swords to find out whether these soft metal weapons could really hack it in combat. For a long time, ...

A roughly 2,000-year-old woman with a potentially violent streak has emerged from skeletal rubble found on an island off southwestern England’s coast. A jumble of tooth and bone fragments in a Late ...

An open field in Scotland was set to be dotted with the homes of a fresh new subdivision. But right as the project was getting underway, archaeologists studying the area uncovered nearly 12,000 years ...