Two 2,300-year-old swords discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis in France "have few equivalents in Europe," and one is decorated with tiny swastikas, the French National Institute of Preventive ...

Archaeologists from the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) said in a translated statement that the metal ornaments and weapons found in the skeleton-less tomb were ...

Both swords were found intact in their scabbards. One sword featured a richly decorated bronze alloy sheath. The edges of the scabbard of the short sword are adorned with several polished ...