Both types of tamahagane are now exactly where ... metalworkers add a decorated guard of iron or other metals at the sword's hilt. Next, carpenters fit the weapon with a lacquered wooden scabbard ...

Lead archaeologist Duncan Sayer of the University of Central Lancashire, told The Guardian that the sword, boasting a silver-and-gilt hilt and runic inscriptions, is considered among the "top ...

The bronze sword with an octagonal hilt was found in a grave in the southern town of Nördlingen. It is thought to be from the late 14th Century BC. Its condition is so good "it almost still ...