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This sword was probably owned by an Iron Age Chieftain and was deposited as an offering to the Gods over 2000 years ago.Iron Age 'La Tene' sword with exquisite bronze scabbard, which would have been ...

Builders working on 175 new homes on the outskirts of Walberton, near Chichester stumbled across the remains and archaeologists were drafted in to study the grave. Experts found an iron sword in a ...

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Swords and scabbards were the subject of a letter received by Robert James, Secretary to the East India Company, from Thomas Hatcher at the Tower of London on 24 November 1764. Letter 279 from Thomas ...

Nanchang -- Chinese archaeologists have discovered an elaborately-made sword, which they believe is 2,500 to 2,600 years old, in an ancient tomb in the eastern province of Jiangxi. A 2500-year-old ...

An 'exceptional' 3,000-year-old trove of objects that was found by a metal detectorist in 2020 has been saved for the nation. The Bronze Age Peebles Hoard, which includes a sword and decorated ...