Here’s how it works. 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.

Ancient sword at Field Museum thought to be a replica turns out to be the real deal 00:43 CHICAGO (CBS) – An ancient sword that sat inside the Field Museum for nearly 100 years that was believed ...

Bronze Age Sword '' owned by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, USA was found to be genuine about 3000 years ago as a result of analysis. The sword was labeled as a 'replica' for ...

Since the 1930s, the Field Museum has been in possession of a sword from Hungary with the belief it was just a well-made replica. But the sword is no impostor, the Chicago museum announced on Tues ...

In the case of a three-foot-long weapon in storage at the Field Museum since the 1920s, what was believed to be a replica has turned out to be a 3,000-year-old bronze sword. “I think there was a ...

Bronze Age swords make for impressive museum displays ... combine laboratory studies with staged experimental fights using replica weapons to generate marks on the soft metal to learn more ...

The museum is in possession of a particularly fine sword -- a golden-hilted ring-sword, probably used only by kings and nobles. The ring affixed to the hilt is believed to be the symbol of an oath.

As they would on a normal day, staff members helped children make shields, and walked the halls in replica armor and weapons. Museum-goers snapped countless photos, as a pair of teens sat cross ...

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