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Writer Fuel: “Replica” Sword Turns Out to Be Real, and 3,000 Years Old

A “replica” sword that has been part of the collection at the Field Museum in Chicago for nearly a century is actually a 3,000-year-old artifact from the Bronze Age.

Curators made the shocking discovery while preparing for an upcoming exhibition called “First Kings of Europe.” The 3-foot-long (91 centimeters) bronze sword had been in storage since the museum acquired the weapon in the 1930s after it was pulled from the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, during an excavation, Field Museum representatives said in a statement (opens in new tab).

It was a tradition for Bronze Age warriors to toss their swords and armor into a body of water “to commemorate lost loved ones or a battle,” the statement said.

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