Ancient sword at Field Museum thought to be a replica turns out to be the real deal 00:43 CHICAGO (CBS) – An ancient sword that sat inside the Field Museum for nearly 100 years that was believed ...

A metal detectorist discovered two 1,800-year-old Roman ... gladius, which was often used by Roman foot soldiers. The newfound swords will soon undergo X-ray analysis. The Corinium Museum plans ...

Archaeologists are now studying the swords and hope to put them on display at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester ... were typically “longer than the Roman gladius, which was often used by ...

To change that we present to you: a 3D printed recreation of the Roman gladius, a sword from ancient Rome ... spot on when looking at images of the real thing. Lilygreen has put his own twist ...

Experts have now x-rayed the swords and found decorative markings on one of them. Caroline Morris from the Corinium Museum said: "These are some real crackers for the Roman Cotswold area and are ...

Turn it up to 8K if you can (you can’t), because this truly awesome video of master bladesmith Tony Swatton working on a Roman Gladius Sword made from damascus steel is a treat to watch.

“I pulled it out and he said after half a minute, ‘This isn’t a replica,’” Bill Parkinson, curator of anthropology at the Field Museum, told WBBM. “It’s a real sword thrown into the ...