An 'exceptional' 3,000-year-old trove of objects that was found by a metal detectorist in 2020 has been saved for the nation. The Bronze Age Peebles Hoard, which includes a sword and decorated ...

A bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in Germany, officials say. Bavaria’s state office for the preservation of historical ...

Swords first appeared during the Bronze Age. But scholars aren’t sure whether they were a prestige item — made for show — or designed primarily to kill. Swords developed on human beings over hundreds ...

Archaeologists have found an octagonal sword dating from more than 3,000 years ago at a burial site in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. The sword is so well preserved that it still gleams, ...

A miraculously unlooted Bronze Age chamber tomb, complete with two spectacularly well preserved skeletons, was found by a farmer in his olive grove this week near the city of Ierapetra on the Greek ...

At a recent excavation in the Donau-Ries region of Germany, a bronze sword has been unearthed that's reported to be more than 3,000 years old, and is so well preserved that the archeologists who ...