A cache of four excellently preserved Roman swords have been discovered by Israeli researchers in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea. Three of the 1,900-year-old weapons, whose iron blades are 60 ...

Two "important" Roman cavalry swords discovered in the Cotswold have been found to have "decorative markings". Glenn Manning found the swords during a detectorist rally in the north of the ...

Three swords with iron blades were still protected in their wooden and leather sheaths, each measuring between 24 and 26 inches in the style of Roman “spatha” swords. The fourth sword was ...

The only other Roman sword that, like this sword ... the blade which would resume it is shape when released. The iron for the sword may well have come from the nearby Forest of Dean and could ...

Israeli researchers made a rare find during a survey of a Dead Sea cave: Four perfectly preserved Roman swords thought to have been used in battle 1,900 years ago. The swords were likely "booty ...

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 ...