Its hilt is decorated with bronze plates and notches ... that after years of efforts they have managed to date the sword.

The Bronze Age Peebles Hoard, which includes a sword and decorated trinkets, was discovered in the Scottish Borders by Mariusz Stępień, who is now 48. It dates back to 1000-800BC and comprises ...

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

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 octagonal sword, believed to date back to the late 14th century BCE during the Middle Bronze Age, was discovered last week during excavations in the German town of Noerdlingen, Bavaria ...

Now, researchers have discovered that the Iron Age weapons are actually pastiches: Not long ago, their original iron blades were replaced with bronze ones. After officials confiscated the swords ...

Collectors and museums began widely acquiring Iranian weaponry from the Iron Age after they ... However, ancient swords actually created using both iron and bronze are important in helping ...

In some cases, bronze blades have been affixed to original ... evidence the prevalence of modern tampering in Iranian Iron Age swords; they also suggest that unless obtained during legitimate ...

Forgers also replaced blades’ missing original iron sections with bronze ... Egyptologists find sword possibly wielded against the ‘Sea Peoples.’] “Early Iron Age Iranian bladed weaponry ...

A cache of 3,000-year-old Iranian swords seized at Heathrow Airport have been revealed to be fakes created using ancient ...