CHICAGO (CBS) – An ancient sword that sat inside the Field Museum for nearly 100 years that was believed to be a replica is actually a 3,000-year-old artifact. Curators said a European expert noticed ...

At Chicago's Field Museum, what was thought to be a modern replica of a Bronze Age sword turned out to be the real deal. The artifact actually dates back 3,000 years, the museum announced last week.

A museum worker who was swimming in a Polish river two years ago discovered a sword dating back as far as the 9th century, officials said. In August 2022, Szczepan Skibicki of the Military Museum of ...

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A sword belonging to a solider who fought in the final battle of the Revolutionary War will be put on display next month at the Museum of the American Revolution in Old City. The weapon, donated to ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The sword Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had at his side when he surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is returning to Appomattox as the centerpiece of a new museum examining the ...

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Since the 1930s, the Field Museum has been in possession of a sword from Hungary with the belief it was just a well-made replica. But the sword is no impostor, the Chicago museum announced on Tuesday, ...

at the Museum of the American Revolution beginning September 13. The sword of Irish-born Commodore John Barry, considered the “Father of the U.S. Navy,” will return to Philadelphia for the first time ...