It was found in a cemetery for high-social-status individuals that's being kept secret from the public due to the value.

The lead archaeologist at the grave site told Newsweek that the sword was an "elite object that marked its owner out as special." ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword that at more than 2 meters long ranks as the largest intact ancient blade ever discovered in Japan is heavily oxidized after being buried in soil for ...

A metal detectorist has unearthed a long, bronze sword that was bent into an S shape during an ancient ritual in what ... ideal that demanded conquest, war and conflict. "The sword is perhaps ...

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 ...

A man searching for World War artifacts with a metal detector ... on his museum’s Facebook account. Photos show the ancient blue-green sword. The 3,000-year-old sword found by Krzysztof Mindur.

It's the remains of an ancient sword. Most of the blade has turned to rust, but the hilt is very finely crafted. The Ancient Sword is an Artifact item used in the Museum. Donating this item to ...

The ancient Egyptians believed that gold tongues could help the deceased speak in the afterlife. A bronze sword inscribed with the name of pharaoh Ramesses II (ruled circa 1279 to 1213 B.C.) was ...

NARA--Researchers have unearthed a shield-shaped bronze mirror and massive iron sword in an ancient kofun burial mound here, unprecedented discoveries of their kind in Japan. The unusually ...