CHICAGO (CBS) – An ancient sword that sat inside the Field Museum for nearly 100 years that was believed to be a replica is actually a 3,000-year-old artifact. Curators said a European expert noticed ...

At Chicago's Field Museum, what was thought to be a modern replica of a Bronze Age sword turned out to be the real deal. The artifact actually dates back 3,000 years, the museum announced last week.

RICHMOND, Va. — The sword Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had at his side when he surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is returning to Appomattox as the centerpiece of a new museum examining the ...

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X-rays of a sword that had been sitting in museum storage reveals that it’s actually from the Bronze Age. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

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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 Tuesday, ...

at the Museum of the American Revolution beginning September 13. The sword of Irish-born Commodore John Barry, considered the “Father of the U.S. Navy,” will return to Philadelphia for the first time ...

LANCASTER − General William T. Sherman's sword will soon be coming home. Literally. On Tuesday, the Sherman House Museum submitted the winning bid of $130,000 at Fleischer's Auctions for the sword the ...

Todd Arrington, the director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home in Abilene, Kansas, was told that he could either "resign or be fired" from his job after refusing ...