Two 2,300-year-old swords discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis in France "have few equivalents in Europe," and one is decorated with tiny swastikas, the French National Institute of Preventive ...

The sword itself is a short, slender blade with an antennae handle made of iron ... made around the time of the Celtic incursions of northern Italy and the sacking of Rome in 383 B.C. The second sword ...

The edges of the scabbard of the short sword are adorned with several polished ... incursions in northern Italy and the sacking of Rome in 387 BCE." Georges also mentioned that he does not know ...

He added that sun and moon designs can also be found on short swords throughout continental ... incursions in northern Italy and the sacking of Rome in 387 BCE," when the Gauls beat the Roman ...