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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

according to Ancient Origins. “We have very few swords of this type in Denmark. It would be exciting to analyze the bronze and iron to determine precisely where it was produced. The preservation ...