KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword that at more than 2 meters long ranks as the largest intact ancient blade ever ... sword was originally housed in a wooden sheath, though from which ...

NARA--Researchers have unearthed a shield-shaped bronze mirror and massive iron sword in an ancient kofun burial ... facility housing a 5-meter-long wooden coffin. The experts discovered an ...

An eight-year-old girl found a pre-Viking era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden during the summer. The sword was initially reported to be 1,000 years old, but experts at the local museum ...