Metal Detectorist Stumbles on Uniquely Designed Rare Bronze Age Sword, Was Part of Sacrificial Tradition A metal detectorist ...

The sword and other artifacts — which were found in a bog near Veksø, northwest of Copenhagen — date to about 2,500 years ago, during the late Bronze Age. They are thought to have been part ...

A metal detectorist has unearthed a long, bronze sword that was bent into an S shape during an ancient ritual in what is now Denmark. The sword and other artifacts — which were found in a bog ...

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 ...

"Usually Bronze Age metalwork can go a bit crumbly ... were deposited with one sword fragment and 12 bun ingots, given the name for their circular shape, which were cut into four to make them ...

However, in the Neolithic period, about 1,500 years before Charterhouse, and in the middle to late Bronze Age, swords and hilltop fortifications began to appear, Schulting notes. The study reveals ...