What did the First Swords Look Like?

Let’s take a look at the oldest swords that we have evidence for. This weapon has its humble origins in relatively crude copper daggers, almost 6000 years ago. As ancient metalworkers developed their skills the blades grow gradually longer, eventually transitioning into copper swords. Adding materials to copper and thereby creating alloys then led to the development of bronze swords, which were far more effective for fighting. Bronze to the Limit: Destructive Testing of a Ewart Park Sword *** Sources *** The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology The macuahuitl : an innovative weapon of the Late Post-Classic in Mesoamerica (Arms and Armour 3(2):127-148 · October 2006) The