The metal detectorist, history buff, online museum founder and local government official used to spend a lot of his free time with the Iława Exploration Group search group, scouring the fields and ...

He continued to collect Japanese swords on the sidelines of his practice as a physician. Twenty-two of the 31 blades are categorized as “koto” (old swords), which date to around the 16th ...

The one-meter-long iron sword was preserved in perfect condition ... the "beautiful and rare" artifact is approximately 900 years old. The remarkable discovery was made on Saturday, off the ...

Researchers think the weapon, which had been deliberately broken and burned, was once part of a funerary ritual for a local warrior ...