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 ...

Archaeologists at the Comenius Museum in Přerov have revealed to the public an ancient sword from the Bronze Age, found by accident in a field close to the city.

Ancient weaponsmiths combined bronze and iron to fashion swords during the early Iron Age – but modern forgers glue together ...

The 3,000 year-old Peebles Hoard is redefining the understanding of Scotland's Bronze Age with never-before seen treasures.

A hoard of Bronze Age artefacts unearthed by a metal detectorist in the Borders has been saved for the nation by National ...

Researchers even found a drill bit fragment embedded in one of the swords. Forgers also replaced blades’ missing original iron sections with bronze. Based on the materials and markings ...

The Peebles Hoard, dating from between 1,000BC and 800BC, had lain undisturbed for 3,000 years before being found by a metal ...

An “utterly unique” hoard of hundreds of Bronze Age items discovered by a metal detectorist in the ... The hoard also includes a sword still inside a wooden scabbard, bronze buttons looped ...

The Bronze Age Peebles Hoard is a new find which National Museums Scotland (NMS) say could turn out to be one of the most significant ever discovered here. It was found in 2020 by a metal detectorist, ...

For this reason, the team constructed replicas of Bronze Age spears and used them in realistic combat scenarios to see how the spearheads reacted against metal blades, wooden shafts and shields.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. There’s something satisfying about the heft and feel of a metal credit card. Whether it’s the cachet that comes with owning one ...