According to Arthurian legend, the great wizard Merlin prophesied that only the true king of England would be able to pull the famous sword Excalibur out of the stone in which it was lodged. So when ...

The blades were found in just 11 inches of dirt and are believed to have served a cult-like purpose, experts said.

The axe blades, Gizmodo notes, suffered more wear and tear than the giant sword but were in an equally remarkable state. One even retained “a fragment of its wood shaft,” Archaeology Mag says ...

When you think of archaeology what do you think is usually the only part ... A crooked knife has a curved metal blade hafted onto a wooden handle. How do you think they were used? What types of ...

This artifact was used to provide stone blades. Blade cores provided a portable source of stone or obsidian for manufacturing different kinds of tools by flaking off pieces from the core.

The daggers were found in a cultivated cornfield near Kutenholz. Photo by Franz Kraus (Archaeology Group Stade) The bronze blades date to at least 1,500 B.C. and are believed to have originated in ...

Abrading: The process of modifying a stone through friction created by rubbing or scraping. Adze: A cutting tool, similar to an axe, where a bevelled stone blade is attached at a right angle to the ...