Analysis of Bronze Age daggers has shown that they were used for processing animal carcasses and not as non-functional symbols of identity and status, as previously thought. A revolutionary new method ...

An ancient bronze dagger associated with a sophisticated, extinct civilization has been found in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Turkey. The dagger, which features silver rivets, ...

Archaeologists excavating a field in the municipality of Kutenholz in the Stade District, in Lower Saxony, Germany, have discovered two well-preserved Bronze Age daggers which are believed to date ...

An incredible Bronze Age ceremonial dagger has been unveiled, after being used as a doorstep for more than a decade. A museum has paid £40,000 ($63,000) for the rare 3,500-year-old dagger ploughed up ...

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Daggers, axes and jewelry made from rare iron during the Bronze Age are literally out of this world, according to new research finding that ancient artisans crafted these metal artifacts with iron ...

A 3,600-year-old bronze dagger was recently discovered by divers off the coast of Turkey, officials said. Photo from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism While scouring the depths of the ...

The metal detectorist found shards of the daggers back in 2017, gaining the attention of archaeologists and researchers. Photo by Stade District / Christian Schmidt In a cornfield in northern Germany, ...

On a windswept stretch of Poland’s Baltic coast, a pair of hobby metal detectorists have stumbled onto a weapon that last saw daylight nearly 2,800 years ago. The small bronze dagger, glittering with ...