In the late 1920s, a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan, near the border with Iraq. They dated from the Iron Age and demonstrated how the ...

Neutron imaging has helped reveal historical discrepancies hidden within a collection of illegally trafficked Iron Age swords. But the nine ancient Iranian weapons aren’t wholesale forgeries—according ...

In March 2024, construction workers were digging in a river on a Dutch estate when they spotted a long piece of metal protruding from one extracted lump of clay. It turned out to be a medieval iron ...

Imaging technology has revealed that ancient swords smuggled into the UK recently have been altered by modern-day forgers, who replaced many of the original iron blades with bronze ones. What’s more, ...

The mystery of a 2000 year-old burial containing a mirror and a sword has now been solved, with archaeologists discovering that the person buried with the grave goods was very likely a woman. The ...