Despite the man being buried in a church, the sword folding was a part of a known pagan ritual, which suggests the soldier may not have originally been Roman ... worn by a Greek soldier during ...

“You have stylized animals, you have a palm leaf motif, the whole range of ancient and classical references, Roman and Greek.” The sword is decorated with a golden dog’s head dressed in an ...

Proszowski and Lampa began digging and soon unearthed a rusty ancient Roman sword, officials said. The ancient Roman sword as seen midway through excavations. Photo from the Inventum Association ...

In the 2nd and 3rd Centuries AD, long and straight, double-edged swords were the norm for the Roman armies, slightly longer than the traditional gladius. This one, found on a dog walk in 2004 ...

Proszowski and Lampa began digging and soon unearthed a rusty ancient Roman sword, officials said. Photos shared by the Inventum Association in a Feb. 6 Facebook post show the ancient weapon.