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Around 3300 BC
- The first weapons that can be described as "swords" date to around 3300 BC. They have been found in Arslantepe, Turkey, are made from arsenical bronze, and are about 60 cm (24 in) long.
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Feb 7, 2023 · Sarah Kuta. Daily Correspondent. February 7, 2023. The dako sword found at Tomio Maruyama AsPJT via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 Universal. Japanese archaeologists have uncovered a...
Mar 16, 2020 · After much digging, the team realized that the sword was discovered at Kavak, a settlement near the ancient Greek colony of Trebizond in what’s now eastern Turkey, some 150 years ago.
- Sword of Saint Galgano
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- Curtana
- Joyeuse
- Sword of Saints Cosmas and Damian
- Sword of Saint Peter
- Kogarasu Maru
- Seven-Branched Sword
- Sword of Goujian
- Nebra Sky Disk Swords
photo source: Wikimedia Commons The sword was placed in the stone by Saint Galgano, who had visions of the Archangel Michael while traveling to Montesiepi. Galgano was asked to give up his material possessions and to prove that that would be as easy as splitting a rock, he plunged his sword into a stone and it has remained there since then.
Only the hilt, grip, and about 3ft of the blade of the Sword of Saint Galgano are visible and all the pieces have been dated to the 12thcentury and come from the same artifact, which means it has never been tampered with.
photo source: Wikimedia Commons Curtana is part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom and one of the five swords used for the coronation of British kings and queens. The original Curtana dated to the 11th century CE and was supposedly used by Edward the Confessor, who reigned from 1042–1066. However, the current Curtana is a replica created in ...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons La Joyeuse, which translates to “joyous”, is the only sword that has ever been used as the coronotion sword of the Kings of France. Although no one knows for sure, La Joyeuse supposedly belonged to Charlemagne (Charles the Great), King of the Franks in the 8thcentury. The earliest known record of the Joyeuse sword ho...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons The Sword of Sains Cosmas and Damian or the Sword of Essen dates to sometime around the late 10thcentury CE. It is believed that the sword was actually used in combat before it was later decorated to commemorate the martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian, the patron saints of Essen, Germany. Reportedly, the Sword of E...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons The 10th century CE sword at the Poznań Archdiocesan Museum in Poland is claimed to be the sword of Saint Petercut off the right ear of the high priest’s servant at the time of Jesus’ arrest in Gethsemane. However, as is the case with any holy relic, there is some controversy over authenticity. The sword in Poland on...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons The Kogarasu Maru is a unique Japanese sword that bridges the gap between the earliest Japanese swords (which were double-edged and based on the Chinese jian) and the traditional tachi used by samurai, which evolved into the katana. This makes the Kogarasu Maru the oldest samurai sword in the world. Although the Koga...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons The Seven-Branched Sword or shichishitou in Japanese and chiljido in Korean originated in Korea sometime around the 4thcentury CE. The sword was a gift from the king of Baekje (a kingdom in southwestern Korea) to a ruler from Japan’s Yamato period. There is an inscription inlaid with gold on the central blade of the ...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons The chemical composition of the Goujian sword — copper, tin, lead, and trace amounts of sulfur and arsenic — is the reason why the sword has remained in pristine condition.
photo source: Wikimedia Commons via Dbachmann The Nebra Sky Disk hoard is one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20thcentury, a claim backed by the UNESCO Memory of World Register. Although the centerpiece of the sword is the Sky Disk — a beautiful bronze disk inlaid with gold celestial symbols — two bronze swords as well as two hatchets, ...
May 6, 2022 · One of the oldest swords discovered in China is the Sword of Goujian. It dates to the Spring and Autumn period (771-476 BC) and is an astonishingly well-preserved example of early Chinese swordsmithing.
Mar 13, 2024 · Cool Finds. A 1,000-Year-Old Viking Sword Emerges From an English River. Discovered by a magnet fisher, the weapon dates to between 850 and 975, during the Vikings’ violent conquest of Britain....
Jun 15, 2023 · Archaeologists dated the sword to the end of the 14th century B.C. Sword discoveries from this time and region are rare, as many middle Bronze Age graves were looted over the millennia,...
Mar 11, 2020 · The ancient sword was thought to be medieval in origin and maybe a few hundred years old at most — but studies have shown that it dates back about 5,000 years, to what is now eastern Turkey,...
