5,000-year-old sword discovered in Venice

5,000-year-old sword discovered in Venice

Since the death of the founding editor, Archaeologica has changed the page formatting, but more concerning, has taken on agenda-driven-life characteristics in the choice of linked articles. It is sort of nice that the year's worth of links is split into more manageable pages.

February 28th, Edition
- Landmarks Announces Online Exhibit for Seneca Village Artifacts New York Law School
- History: these fifth graders are really digging it School News Network
- Illegal metal-detecting at English Heritage sites doubles in two years The Guardian
- Archaeology: 5,000-year-old sword discovered in Venice ANSA Med
February 27th, Edition
- Channel Island Shipwrecks Tell Stories of Heroism, Heartbreak, and High-Seas Scalawaggery Santa Barbara Independent
- Mexico returns ancient bronze sculpture to Nigeria BBC
- Virtual reality can bring ancient cities back to life and improve conservation The Conversation
- Native American leader denounces destruction of sacred sites for border wall construction The Hill
February 26th, Edition
- Secrets of Lindisfarne History Extra
- Asylum seekers take part in archaeological dig in Italy Info Migrants
- Data could yield big discoveries in archaeology of the Inca Empire Heritage Daily
- The archaeology of Armageddon Nature
February 25th, Edition
- New antiquities minister must increase museum security and distance himself from Mubarak The Art Newspaper
- Mystery rock message in France finally 'deciphered' The Connection
- Amid debate on Harappan diet, a question: How do experts know what ancient peoples ate? The Indian Express
- Ancient Patara Lighthouse to shine on Antalya shores centuries later Daily Sabah
- The architectural tragedy of the 2019 Notre-Dame fire Oxford University Press Blog
February 22nd to 24th, Edition
- Innovative ways of shedding light on country's past Cambrian News
- Neolithic ash-mound found in Tamil Nadu for first time The Times of India
- Gobustan rock art: Bridges ancient, modern times Brinkwire
- Research project to examine early European trade routes John O'Groat Journal
- Archaeologists bogged down in Ceide Fields row The Sunday Times
- Archaeological survey confirms Iron Age site in northeast Iran Tehran Times
- Early humans feasted on fish in the Sahara Desert 10,000 years ago BBC Science Focus
- Homes being built on possible ancient Native American burial ground in Alabama ABC 33/40
- Girl Scouts join in archaeology dig at historic Savannah home Savannah Now
- Black rice fossils found to date from at least 900 years Eleven Media Group
- Pacific settlement nearly 500 years older than thought - research RNZ
- Inscription on Brahmadesan lake found The New Indian Express
- County looks to stop erosion of Indian Island shoreline, site of ancient Native American burial grounds Riverhead Local
- India requests UK museum for ancient idol ''stolen'' from Tamil Nadu temple Outlook
- Haryana: Ancient city in Sirsa, under a mound & 50,000 people The Indian Express
- An archaeologist amongst the gravestones Portugal Resident
- Compromise between an ancient necropolis and an ultra modern Cultural Center reached in Athens Tornos News
  Archaeologists uncover a tantalising remnant of the medieval mansions of the Strand Heritage Daily
- Active Civil War bombs still being found all over the Region of Murcia Murcia Today
February 21th, Edition
- Konark Temple: Is Archaeological Survey of India Good Enough To Prevent Sun Temple's Decay? Outlook
- Beating the Black Death: did medieval medicine help people to survive? BBC History Magazine
- The answer to lactose intolerance might be in Mongolia Popular Science
- Microbes Point the Way to Shipwrecks The New York Times
- Angkor Wat May Owe Its Existence to an Engineering Catastrophe Smithsonian Magazine
- Grave circles found under football pitch could be 3,000 years old The Brussels Times
- Trove of artifacts from HMS Erebus help shed light on last days of doomed Franklin expedition National Post
- Students from University of Madras uncover neolithic site in Valasai The Hindu
- Application of Large Sample Neutron Activation Analysis Techniques for Inhomogeneous Bulk Archaeological Samples and Large Objects International Atomic Energy Agency
- Archaeologists discover lost city that may have conquered the kingdom of Midas PHYS Org
- Ancient Cambodian ceramics part of World Anthropology Day celebration University of Hawai'i News
- UK archaeologists join forces with US government to oppose plans to salvage Titani The Telegraph
- Spy Plane Photos Open Windows Into Ancient Worlds Sapiens
- Archaeologists. A Houston neighborhood called 'The Scorpion.' A mystery coin Houston Chronicle
February 20th, Edition
February 19th, Edition
- Ancient 'megasites' may reshape the history of the first cities Science News
- Unique golden jewelries unearthed at Kultobe ancient settlement KazInform
- New Study Results Consistent With Dog Domestication During Ice Age University of Arkansas
- IN PHOTOS: The treasures unearthed during Pompeii's six-year restoration The Local
February 18th, Edition
- Explained: Why govt wants to locate Dara Shikoh tomb, and why it's not easy The Indian Express
- Lavish 'Princely tomb' belonging to mystery Iron Age man and brimming with weapons, a bronze helmet and a whole CHARIOT is discovered in Italy... but his body is missing Daily Mail
- Royal Arsenal - English Heritage Archaeological Assessments Greenwich Industrial History
- North-east archaeologists offer glimpse into Scotland's warrior past by recreating Pictish image Press and Journal
- Old Irish 'clachan' found in South Australia by Flinders University PHYS Org
- 6,000-year-old elm leaf may hold clue to early farming The Times
- Archaeologists receive letter from biblical era PHYS Org
- Neanderthal 'skeleton' is first found in a decade BBC
February 15th to 17th, Edition
- Ancient plant foods discovered in Arnhem Land PHYS Org
- What can mysterious markings in stone teach us about British art? The Art Newspaper
- What Is The Controversy Around Keeladi Excavation In Tamil Nadu? FII
- Painting of deity found inside 3,000-year-old coffin PHYS Org
- Hypogeum with sarcophagus found in Forum ANSA
- Museums without meaning The Hindu
- Review - Your Stonehenge Current Archaeology
- Industrial archaeology The Times of Malta
- Medvedgrad: Renovated Fortress to Boast Pantry with 13th Century Scents! Total Coratia News
- Editorial: We can do even more to understand our past beyond Black History Month The Suffolk Times
- Chacmultun... the red Mayan city Yucatan Times
- Pollen at Ceide Fields proves Irish history is nothing to be sneezed at The Sunday Times
- Konark's museum of ruins The New Indian Express
- Thousands of ancestors' remains, sacred objects to return home to North Dakota tribe Brainerd Dispatch
- Zeugma of Black Sea' to become archaeological site Daily Sabah
- Hadaka Matsuri: Thousands gather for Japan's annual 'Naked Festival' CNN
- Ancient Athens 3D Ancient Athens 3D
- Odisha, A Major Hub Of Stolen Idols! Odisha Bytes
- Archaeology department engineers to inspect British-era well soon The Times of India
- Archaeologists discover sarcophagus linked to cult of Romulus, fabled founder of Rome The Telegraph
- How Ancient Tooth Plaque Solved the Mystery of the Banana's Trans-Pacific Journey Atlas Obscura

Now that’s kewl.

That looks more like a large knife than a sword to me.

It's in pretty poor condition. I'll give you 50 bucks for it.

Interesting.

I had a Cold Steel Kukhri and they included the history of that style in the box. It actually was used by Alexander’s soldiers and was copied by Indian makers after he invaded.

It eventually made it”s way to Nepal.

Haha!

5,000 years old? I’ve got some nice landscape rock in my front yard way older than that. And seeing how the planet is about 4.5 billion years old, this sword is like new when compared to really old things.

I KNEW I lost that damn thing when I went there!!!!!!

More a personal dagger, I think...

You have to “sigh” first when you say it, then rub your head, and shake it... “Look, I gotta make money here, it’s going to sit on the shelf, and ....”

Discovered in a museum.

Is that like discovering America?

That’s not uh knife.

Crocodile Dundee will agree.

The design appears well thought out and balanced. Very impressive.

Is that the descoverer on the right? I have another discovery she could make.

Frodo mustve lost Sting,