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This 2,500-year-old Chinese sword looks like "something from the J.R.R. Tolkien universe that has entered the actual historical record"
seemingly defying the natural laws of decay that typically ravage ancient bronze weapons. The Sword of Goujian, named after a legendary Chinese king, emerged from a waterlogged tomb in China's ...
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Archaeologists In Spain Unlock The Mysteries Of The Famous ‘Excalibur’ Sword Found Sticking Straight Up Out Of The Ground
According to Arthurian legend, the great wizard Merlin prophesied that only the true king of England would be able to pull the famous sword Excalibur out of the stone in which it was lodged. So when ...
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Ancient mirror and iron sword found at Nara burial mound
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 ...
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An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has ...
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Massive ancient sword still requires months of cleaning
KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword that at more than 2 meters long ranks as the largest intact ancient blade ever ... along with a shield-shaped bronze mirror, during excavation work ...
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The Shang Dynasty 1600 - 1046BC
Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China ... Shang period, bronze was the most important metal, weapons, armour and tools were all made from bronze. Sword Maker: My weapon ...
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The Shang Dynasty 1600 - 1046BC
Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China ... Shang period, bronze was the most important metal, weapons, armour and tools were all made from bronze. Sword Maker: My weapon ...