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Perfectly Preserved Bronze Age Sword Found Beneath an Italian Lake
A perfectly preserved Late Bronze Age sword has been discovered beneath the waters of Lake Mezzano in central Italy, adding a striking new find to one of the region’s most important submerged prehistoric settlements. The weapon was recovered from the lake’s southern shore near Valentano, in the province of Viterbo, during ongoing underwater archaeological investigations.…
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Rare 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword Discovered at Salcombe Wreck Site
A remarkably rare Bronze Age sword has been recovered from the seabed at the protected Salcombe wreck sites off the coast of Devon in south-west England. The weapon was discovered earlier this year by volunteer divers Becky Gill and Catherine Gill during archaeological investigations by the South West Maritime Archaeological Group. Initial specialist assessment dates…
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Why Was a Rare Bronze Age Sword Left in the Meuse River 3,000 Years Ago?
More than 3,000 years after a rare weapon entered the Meuse near Buggenum in the Netherlands, archaeologists still cannot answer that question with certainty. What they do know is that the sword was too valuable to be treated as an ordinary lost object. The sword was discovered in 1964 during dredging work in an old…