A cache of 3,000-year-old Iranian swords seized at Heathrow Airport have been revealed to be fakes created using ancient hilts and blades. Collectors and museums began widely acquiring Iranian ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword that at more than 2 meters long ranks as the largest intact ancient blade ever ... of lacquer on the sheath and the hilt. They believe that red pigment ...

In 1994, archeologists in Valencia, Spain discovered an ancient ... because of its hilt, decorated with bronze plates and notches for handling, per the press release. The sword's curved metal ...

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 ...