Dr. Vittoria Dall ’Armellina, of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice found a sword amongst a collection of objects in a monastery. Dall ’Armellina found a 5,000 year old Anatolian sword in the Mekhitarist Monastery. However, the sword was incorrectly identified as medieval, and was studied by Dall’Armellina and Elena Rova. A new, more scientific study has determined the rare sword to have been forged around 3000 BC, as Ancient Origins detailed:
Dall’Armellina’s suspicions have now been supported by a new scientific study which has dated the sword to having been forged “around 3000 BC,” making it incredibly rare and one of the oldest swords in the world. And the only reason this newly discovered sword is being called “one of” the oldest swords in the world is because an extremely similar weapon dating to 3000 BC is kept by the Tokat Museum in Turkey that was discovered in the Sivas Province at the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey.
The weapon was found to be made of a copper and tin alloy frequently used in Anatolia before the Bronze Age and the specialists have dated the sword to between the end of the 6th and start of the 3rd millennium BC.
image via Ancient Origins
Newest 1 Comment
This is really interesting... but "sword"? Follow the link to the Ca'Foscari site. See the "sword" in a photo that shows some scale. Unless the ancient wielder of this "sword" was about two or three feet tall, this "sword" should perhaps be called a dagger, or maybe a dirk. Just sayin'.
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)