Anatolian

One of the oldest swords in the world that was mislabelled in a museum on the Saint Lazarus Island, Venice, is around 5,000 years old, according to a new study.  The ultra-rare sword, which doesn’t resemble most ancient weapons in the world, was made around the year 3000BC and came from eastern Turkey. However, the … Read more

The world’s oldest weapon? 5,000-year-old Anatolian sword is discovered in the Armenian Monastery of Venice after being mislabelled as ‘Medieval’ The sword from the end of the 4th century BC was held in a Venice museum  A PhD student saw the sword in a medieval section but thought it much older  The sword has been reassessed and dates from … Read more