Early Iron Age Iranian bladed weaponry is crucial ... The paper, "Neutron tomography reveals extensive modern modification in Iron Age Iranian swords," is published in the Journal of ...

The swords in question come from what is now Iran and date to an important moment in history: the end of the Bronze Age and beginning of the Iron Age. As the names suggest, this marked a ...

“Early Iron Age Iranian bladed weaponry plays a significant ... researchers said the swords will eventually be repatriated to Iran. Meanwhile, Rodzinka and colleagues have shown neutron ...

Inside the swords, researchers indeed found the use ... to understanding how common combining bronze and iron was in early Iron Age metallurgy. The swords, which are part of a larger cache of ...

Collectors and museums began widely acquiring Iranian weaponry from the Iron Age after they were first discovered in the 1920s, becoming a popular item of display and research. Yet several swords ...

They unearthed a ritually bent sword, two small bronze axes ... marking the region’s transition period between the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. The decorative details on the ...

The sword, which has iron rivets in its handle ... were often deposited in bogs as sacrifices during the early and middle Bronze Age in northern Europe, "We don't know that many from the latter ...