In the 2nd and 3rd Centuries AD, long and straight, double-edged swords were the norm for the Roman armies, slightly longer ...

It turned out to be a remarkable find; a Roman sword; a spatha dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD and rare in Britain. It is one of only eight in the country, most of these were recovered from Roman ...

This practice aligns with the burial customs of the Przeworsk culture, possibly indicating that the sword was left during a burial ceremony. The Przeworsk culture, often associated with the Vandals, ...

It turned out to be a remarkable find; a Roman sword; a spatha dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD and rare in Britain. It is one of only eight in the country, most of these were recovered from Roman ...

The ancient Roman sword as seen midway through ... who tentatively identified it as a Roman spatha, a characteristic long sword used by horsemen, officials said. The weapon probably dates back ...

A pair of metal detectorists bundled up and headed into a snowy forest in Poland. They hoped to find some artifacts from World War II — yet stumbled upon a much older and rarer weapon.

Amidst the dense forests of the Kraków-Częstochawa Upland in southern Poland, a pair of metal detectorists searching for relics from […] ...