5,000-year-old sword discovered in Venice

ANSAmed ^ | February 28, 2020 | unattributed

[chajin]

Another sworded affair

[Tallguy]

Steel is hard AND flexible, so it can be hammered into long, slender blades. This is some kind of Bronze which is relatively brittle and less flexible, and therefore is relatively short & thick.

[MCF]

“ The sword is made of a type of copper and tin frequently used before the Bronze age.”
Copper and tin is bronze.

[spokeshave]

I had a Cold Steel Kukhri and they included the history of that style in the box.

I learnt some martial arts in an accompanying Kukhri book.

[Swordmaker]

I’d call it a dagger, not a sword. Most likely it’s a hunting dagger used to finish off an animal in a snare. It requires much to close in fighting to be a sword.

[nwrep]

[sgt_lau]

I noticed her loveliness right away. Sword shmord, I’ll take the girl.

[RandallFlagg]

Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

[matthew fuller]

Thanks for publishing this reference.

[CurlyDave]

I’d call it a dagger, not a sword. Most likely it’s a hunting dagger used to finish off an animal in a snare. It requires much to close in fighting to be a sword.

5000 years ago, if you were up against the guy who had this, you would think it was a sword. They were rare and expensive -- you wouldn't have one.

Your weapon would be a sharp stick, maybe a short stick with a stone tied to the end of it. The guy with the sword would close on you and stab you in the belly. The wound would put you out of the fight right away, but would only be fatal after a couple of days.

[minnesota_bound]

How many people were stabbed with the sword..... turned green from all the goo.

[NFHale]

Good point.

[Man from Oz]

Hubba Hubba

[GingisK]

That is not a sword. That is a knife.

[GingisK]

...5000 years ago, if you were up against the guy who had this, you would think it was a sword...

A regular old club would trump that little thing. So would any staffed weapon.

[Crucial]

Looks like its seen a few battles.

[SunkenCiv]

Uh oh, I just had a Crocodile Dundee flashback.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, not every photo I post is for purely scientific reasons, although, y'know, biology is a science..

[SunkenCiv]

LOL! Some discoveries armor important than others, of course.

[SunkenCiv]

Well stated! From the classical period Spartans, there's an anecdote about a Spartan warrior who was complaining to his mother that his sword was too short; in the inimitable way of the Spartan mother, she told him to take a step forward, and it would become long enough.