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From Bronze to Blood: How the Sword Became Humanity's First Murder Weapon
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Archaeologists found a suitcase containing what the Royal Armouries called 'possibly the finest weapon I've ever seen in my life' - a six-billet pattern-welded sword.
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A sword history that moves from Bronze Age beginnings to Anglo-Saxon power with real metal under its feet.
History Unplugged treats the sword as more than a weapon, following it as an object of craft, rank, and killing power. It begins with Paul Gepping's rusty blade, left untouched in a suitcase for 30 years, then reaches back to Bronze Age smiths, Minoan Crete, and the Iron Age…
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If you want swords explained as technology, politics, and status, this one gives you all three.
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