The hilt of the sword is decorated with bronze plates and contains notches that made the sword easier to handle, city of Valencia officials said in a translated statement. Even though the blade ...

It is made from iron and has bronze plates decorating the hilt. It measures 46 centimetres in length and the blade is slightly curved at the tip. Archaeologists say the sword is a rare find ...

The swords (each in a differently decorated scabbard) were buried in a pit within in a late Iron Age or Roman-British boundary ditch). Some of the swords may have been 150 years old at the time of ...