Remarkable Discovery of a 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Sword in Southern Germany [Photo]

Sunday, December 28, 2025

SAEDNEWS: The Bavarian Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments announced that a sword discovered last week during an excavation in Nördlingen, between Nuremberg and Stuttgart, appears to date back to the late 14th century BCE and the Middle Bronze Age.

Remarkable Discovery of a 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Sword in Southern Germany [Photo]

According to the Saed News Society Service, the recovered sword features an octagonal hilt and was excavated from a grave. The tomb contained the remains of a man, a woman, and a young boy, alongside several other bronze artifacts. The relationship between these three individuals has not yet been determined.