Archaeologists found the gold-plated artifact on a sacred island of Japan almost 70 years ago but only recently took a closer ...

Researchers did X-rays and CT scans of a 1,300-year-old sheath from an island in Japan and revealed the unique blade inside, photos show. Photo from the Munakata-Okinoshima and Associated Heritage ...

Researchers did X-rays and CT scans of a 1,300-year-old sheath from an island in Japan and revealed the unique blade inside, photos show. Photo from the Munakata-Okinoshima and Associated Heritage ...

Almost 70 years ago, archaeologists on a sacred island in southern Japan dug up a pointy gold sheath. The 1,300-year-old artifact didn’t look like much from the outside — but X-rays recently ...

A gold-plated iron knife and armor fragments, believed to have been made with advanced 5th-century techniques, have been confirmed as coming from Japan's largest ancient keyhole-shaped tomb mound, a ...