About 1,500 years ago, a powerful leader in present-day Denmark buried enough weapons and supplies to equip a small army. The ...

Experts in Denmark initially overlooked the “unusual” Roman item because it was buried with “enough weapons for a small army.

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Archaeologists found the cache during a highway expansion project in August at a site called Løsning Søndermark. The metal weapons lay beneath two early fifth-century houses that likely belonged ...

The patterns are identical to the patterns inscribed on a type of ancient mirror called ... the excavation site where the mirror and sword were found to the public on Jan. 28 and 29.

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword that at more than 2 meters long ranks as the largest intact ancient blade ever ... covered with soil when they were found. The Nara prefectural ...

It's really incredible, in the top echelons of swords, an elite object in every way, which is wonderful." Archaeologists also found a gold pendant engraved with a serpent or dragon and believed ...

The sword and the other items were found off Israel’s Carmel coast, which has many natural coves that provided shelter for ancient ships during storms, according to Kobi Sharvit, director of IAA ...

Photo from Matthias Göden, LAD/ArchaeoConnect GmbH The tomb of a royal doctor was found at a necropolis full of the ancient elite in Egypt. Screengrab from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and ...

Japanese swords are called "metal made art." The once lost techniques used to make them prior to the 16th century are now on the verge of rediscovery. Ancient swords such as this tachi displayed ...

Archaeologists in Denmark found a “rare” Roman helmet buried by an ancient chief along with hundreds of weapons and other artifacts. Photo from the Vejle Museums Archaeologists in Denmark ...