On a small hill on the south side of a Chinese national highway, archaeologists working ahead of a development project ...

Forged 2,600 years ago, the Longquan Sword was the first of its kind to be made from iron in Chinese history. At around the same time, Toledo in Spain was becoming a centre for swordmaking ...

The Iron Age sword and mirror found in a prehistoric burial on the island of Bryher in the Isles of Scilly, off the southwestern tip of Britain. The mystery of the burial has now been ...

Photo from the Nara City Board of Education Cultural Property Division Nearby, archaeologists unearthed another metallic object: an iron sword. The sword was almost 9 feet long and had a ...

Journal of Archaeological Science British border agents recently seized a collection of smuggled Iranian swords headed for the black market. Now, researchers have discovered that the Iron Age ...