Archaeologists from the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) said in a translated ...

possibly the first century BC. The sword has a rare maker's mark on the blade; similar marks have been found in Europe showing a pan-European trade in such items long before the Romans came to ...

Sword swallowing seemingly originated in India around 4,000 years ago, and by the first century C.E., it had spread to Greece and Rome. A late second-century reference to the stunt as ...