An Iron Age Roman settlement has been discovered following a rare sword find, archaeologists have revealed. The excavation near a Cotswolds village has revealed what could be evidence of a Roman villa ...

Three were 60 to 65 centimeters long, a type classified as Roman spatha swords. The fourth was shorter, with a blade of 45 centimeters, which the researchers identify as a ring-pommel sword.

A metal detectorist’s rare discovery of Roman-era swords in Willersey, UK, led archaeologists to uncover a settlement spanning the Iron Age to Roman times.

However, an arch-shaped grave contained the remains of an individual who had been buried with weapons, including a bent spatha — a type of long, straight sword from the late Roman period (A.D ...

Four Roman swords and the head of a javelin known as a “pilum” were discovered by Israeli archeologists inside a remote cave near the Dead Sea, in an area that was known as a hideout of Jewish ...

Initially, a shafted weapon similar to a javelin known as a Roman pilum was discovered squeezed in the rocks' cracks, along with pieces of wood that were part of the swords' scabbards, or sheaths ...

4 Roman-era swords were found perfectly preserved in their scabbards in a cave. They were as sharp as if they were hidden today, scientists said. By Marianne Guenot and Chris Panella ...