Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were ... overcome the close combat favored by Greek armies. During the 5th century BC, swords became increasing shorter as tactics ...

Vittoria Dall'Armellina was a doctoral student when she her eyes on an ancient ... sword was mainly made of arsenical bronze, a mixture of copper and arsenic. This alloy was used to make weapons ...

The Mycenaeans created the finest bronze weapons. They came from southern Russia at around 2,000 BC, and settled in the lowlands of Greece. There they began to trade with the Minoans. They built a ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword that at more than 2 meters long ranks as the largest intact ancient blade ever ... along with a shield-shaped bronze mirror, during excavation work ...