BREAKING NEWS - 'Oldest Sword In The World' Discovered // Aslantepe // Bronze Age Weaponry

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[@PeteKellyHistory]

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[@rhondaclark716]

Pete Kelly I have a gun Sword 🗡it’s very heavy it’s beautiful. And has a Lion 🦁 on the Handel

[@lynnmccabe299]

And most important was it was form of alacamy I wacht him temper then in pudls of rain warter.

[@TheHebrew]

Can you identify other old swords or daggers?

[@VidarrKerr]

There are metal swords, tools and other weapons of Vikings from 8000 years ago. They've been found in current day Michigan, USA at Viking copper mines. Also, much of the copper used in Anatolia was from those Viking mines around Lake Superior in Michigan.

[@petrameyer1121]

With all respect to your great work and channe:, a sabre/saber is a single-edged blade with a curve by definition. That weapon is neither.

[@dazuk1969]

King Tut was buried with two beautiful daggers around 3,500 years ago. One gold, one meriorite iron which is incredibly difficult to forge. It does not surprise me one bit that we can push metallurgy back way further than that.

[@AmericanThunder]

I love the longevity of copper and bronze. (especially the silver/bronze I work with) Ferrous rusts away, but bronze lasts almost forever.

[@rconger24]

3:51 And WHERE was the copper from? The trace content of other metals in the copper can reveal the location of the mine.

[@tweezerjam]

@@rconger24 yeah I learned that from curse of oak island. So cool

[@donaldkaspersen3768]

My father entered the army after graduating from high school in 1933. Eventually, he was made part of a ceremonial group that was purposed to be present at the burial of veterans. They wore dress uniforms which included a sword. At that time, a sword was part of the uniform. At that time, there was an army regulation that required that if a weapon was issued to you, you had to be proficient with it. thus my father had to become proficient with sword fighting. with the coming of WW II, this rule was abandoned. So my father was amongst the last in the US Army to be trained to fight with sabers.

[@patricbateman1772]

Fun fact: Sword in Armenian is called soor, which also means sharp.

[@SenorTucano]

Patric Bateman stabby stabby!

[@donkeyslayer4661]

What's the word for dull?

[@VaxzaLimeIsCool]

Donkey Slayer butterknif

[@patricbateman1772]

@jeff pentagon exactly :)

[@marklesmarket]

Not fun

[@JohnnyWolfblood]

These “historians” with PHDs in swords mistook a tiny bronze dagger with a medieval sabre? Seriously!?

[@kneedragon76]

I find it remarkably hard to believe that something that was this well-formed an forged was the first sword ever found. Perhaps its the first sword that looked like a sword that was ever found. i'm guessing it took years after the first pointed object used as a wepon was created to come to this level of detail.

[@mr.k1611]

Ever made*

[@SStupendous]

@@mr.k1611 *Ever found. We don't know this is the first ever made.

[@mr.k1611]

@@SStupendous Exactly.

[@mickvonbornemann3824]

Bronze swords arn’t forged, they’re cast.

[@dereknicholson7706]

Depends people have been working with knives for longer then swords, all a sword is a bigger knife. But as for it being the first I tend to agree as finds from years from may be able to claim the so called title of first that is consistently redefined through our history.as modern views shift so do our understanding of the past.

[@GREENGENE18]

Apparently names are evolving. I see references to 'Aslantepe', but 'Arslantepe' seems more common. Per wiki, Melid, also known as Arslantepe, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains. It has been identified with the modern archaeological site of Arslantepe near Malatya, Turkey. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Arslantepe Mound on 26 July 2021.

[@ryankc3631]

"There can be only one!"

[@americanmutt2901]

No sir there was 4 of them. It showed the picture. Haha

[@8474Starscream]

@John Alarcon" You have the manners of a Donkey & you u smell like a Dunn heap " Highlander

[@strontiumd6789]

“ it’s a sword Frank, a very rare sword”

[@dr.davidwho4053]

The Highlander!😀👍💖

[@dr.davidwho4053]

@@8474Starscream 😀😆

[@p.a.russell4210]

"I've never seen that thing before." - O.J. Simpson

[@dukecraig2402]

"If the sword doesn't fit you must acquit"🤣🤣🤣

[@owdeezstrauz1268]

👏👏👏 very nice

[@zutrue]

You talk like a fool. ...I bet you've heard that before.

[@jadane77]

Bwahahaha!!!!!

[@jeffmahoney1271]

lmao

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Aslantepe is only 4 hours from Gobekli Tepe, where the oldest megalithic stuctures have been found, dating anywhere from 12 to 20 thousand years ago.

[@SisyphusJP]

Gram Hancock is truth

[@jeremydarkeag1e85]

Hey dude...liked the music you put out recently 🤙

[@gremlinsarered5259]

Can't of been 20k years ago unless they were mining under a glacier!

[@viperking6573]

That's so mindboggling

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

@@jeremydarkeag1e85 Thanks pal.

[@paulpeterson4216]

"Who made it in the first place?" A guy named Phil, he and some other kids used to come around the shop. They never bought anything, but they were good kids.

[@dangerdoberman]

LMFAO

[@paulpeterson4216]

@@dangerdoberman At least somebody got it ;-)

[@johncasey1020]

Ooh, I remember his name being Bob....

[@suziperret468]

This is an incredible find. The metallurgy of ancient people of Aslantepe was the beginning of using metal made of mixing copper and tin which became bronze. Amazing that these ancient people were so inventive making this new metal way before the Bronze Age. I use to live in Turkey as a teenager and was able to visit ancient cites like Ephesus. At the time in the 60’s, little excavations were being done. The Turks knew that their land had incredible finds . They weren’t sure what they were but preferred to leave them buried. That’s changed.

[@iamscoutstfu]

What sort of badass has a PH.D. in swords?

[@edwardcharlesworth9679]

The broke kind

[@ellisv75]

D&D nerd, master baiting to LOTR in his mums basement

[@dotslashsatan]

ellisv75 her*

[@caturdaynite7217]

A very curious Woman.

[@cyberpotato63]

@@edwardcharlesworth9679 That's usually most of them. Only a small percentage get positions at university. Many drop out of it to get a paying job. Some find ways of supporting their habit.

[@g3heathen209]

The triforce symbol on some of those swords. I would like to know just how wide spread the use of and the history of that symbol.

[@gusclark1697]

@@carminecampfiresong Well said. The number of bronze swords fished out of rivers and bogs is shocking. They weren't accidentally lost or voluntarily given. They were end products of ambushes and, ahem, duels. Young Bronze Age warriors were expected to go on quests - there's no reason to think the British Isles were different from Greece or Anatolia. Quests are by their nature dangerous. Lie in wait long enough and some well equipped noble is bound to wander past...

[@THamm-xt8jm]

*The prophecy is true*

[@THamm-xt8jm]

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[@justinthomas2458]

I believe it started in Hyrule

[@gamergoblin13]

link fooling around with ocarina

[@4akat]

“breaking news” and “history time” are not two phrases i ever thought would go together

[@capnceltblood5347]

Just like click and bait

[@lasvegasloner4621]

Makes me want to be an archaeologist. There is an indescribable romantic feeling when thinking about what happened in the past, and these far off places that still hold clues. I know I wouldn't survive if I went back to those times in some time traveling way... but the images in my mind from the news about that sword and those times are so attractive.

[@davefromaccount6766]

"Who was the first that forged the deadly blade? Of rugged steel his savage soul was made." - Tibullus

[@TheytellToomanylies]

They call him kain

[@Comrade_Tokoloshe]

Can't help pondering how much blood that sword has spilled in its long exiatance.

[@mikeehinger6566]

Whoever classified that sword as 'Medieval' should be fired and have their credentials revoked.

[@andrewsky59]

The problem with that idea is that the person who made the mistake has been dead for about a hundred years.

[@phiddlephart7026]

Wouldn't they be dead by now?

[@mikeehinger6566]

@@andrewsky59 I didn't mean the old guy who donated or whoever took receipt of it. Apparently, though, that museum doesn't have a credentialed staff that's interested in what they have custody of.

[@ELee-zv5ud]

@@mikeehinger6566 Um, it's a monastery with a museum mostly made up of what previous monks donated not a national museum.It was very famous in its time for its library and most of the collection is that. Because texts, particularly religious texts are what mattered. There wasn't and isn't any deliberate collection of atifacts. Monks used to get around as they were the scholars of the day.

[@joshm3484]

Well I have no formal archaeology education or experience, and even I can tell just by looking at that sword that it's not iron, and thus not medieval or even classical.

[@AB-wf8ek]

The problem with metal is that it doesn't last as long as stone. 5000 years may just be the longest period that metal has survived. There should be acknowledgment that metallurgy could be even older, but hasn't survived

[@charlesgatine7045]

not copper and bronze wh those two don't disappear to dust like iron, there is no limit to the age of bronze/ copper artifact

[@JohnnyWolfblood]

Well, I mean how many thousands of years is this hypothetical swordsman expected to live for?

[@davidletasi3322]

Interesting comments about metals rusting. It all depends on how they are preserved and the condition of the oxidation. Copper artifacts from the "Old Copper Culture" that occurs in Wisconsin and Michigan has been dated by C14 burials to as early as 6000 years ago. These artifacts can appear to be nearly perfect and some extremely corroded from acidic soil and moisture. Due to its anti bacterial properties fabric has been preserved on its surfaces on rare occasions. Iron was used much later circa 500 BCE (early Iron Age) and found in western Europe. These early iron artifacts can become so rusted that they are sometimes found as an iron oxide trace because of its extreemly high reaction to moisture and soil acidity. While copper easily oxidizes into a green surface, that coating can preserve its inner structure. However several examples of copper military buttons at Fort Malden in Canada were recovered in the Detroit River under a collapsed 200 year old dock that looked as if the were made yesterday! Now there are gold artifacts found in Bulgaria that date back to nearly 6600 years ago, due to its inert properties it will not oxidize. Gold will only degrade through extreem heat and abrasion and then will become small gold flecks or small blobs as found when gold panning. It all depends on the conditions, a copper Inuit arrow point found in Alaska recently was determined by C14 to be 1000 year old. It was discovered in ice and is remarkably perfectly preserved even with its ivory foreshaft.

[@thefunkosaurus]

I believe that "King Arthur" became King because he was able to "pull the sword from the stone", as in CAST A BRONZE WEAPON!!

[@katsumiskytower8714]

thats a good theory

[@larva5606]

🤯

[@heatshield]

That would be one neat trick back then. Go into a room with a bunch of clay, coal, barrels of rocks. Come out in a week with a shiny sword.

[@smnwbb]

I've read that theory. But why would a post-roman want a bronze sword?

[@tristanbaravraham6349]

Time spent on your channel is always worth it. Thank you.

[@redallaround66]

It looks exactly the same shape as depicted in the Sumerian wall reliefs.

[@HubertofLiege]

Wait until they find that screwdriver I lost....in five thousand..years

[@wirelessone2986]

Yep....the scientists of the future will say that SNAPON is the name of their god

[@JKonteful]

They will say it was a ceremonial dagger

[@wirelessone2986]

@@TheMcspreader I beleive you but mine have never rusted and I bought them in 1993

[@dukecraig2402]

@@wirelessone2986 They'll say it was used to sacrifice virgins to the gods.

[@asasquatchwithinternet6846]

Ceremonial dagger is what they’ll say..I lost mine at a orgy that went wrong since one of the people had the flu so yea.

[@petermatyash3664]

Amazing find. So much more to learn.

[@stevenpilling5318]

Ironically (and no pun intended) it was the Hittites who ushered in the Iron Age and dominated the Middle East with their superior weapons.

[@gusclark1697]

Boom, boom. Ever been to Hattushas? I recommend it. Go before Erdogan turns it into Erturk Parkasi or ploughs it under... Anything is possible while he draws breath.

[@southerneruk]

@@gusclark1697 Before the Hittites the Yellow River Valley was 3 to 5 thousands years ahead on the middle east, also the Hittites did not usher in the iron age, the hittiteis had long gone, it was during the Roman Empire did the middle east and Europe transend into the Iron age, the hitties saw in the copper to bronze era, 3,000 years after the Yellow river Valley civilisation.

[@ingebygstad9667]

​@@southerneruk I'm just a guy who prefer to have my facts right, and be corrected when I'm wrong. I hope you share that view. Judges 1. 19 _The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron._ The book of Judges was written 550 BCE and describes the invasion of the people in the area including *Hittites.* The importance here is not if this is a true story or not, but when the book was _written._ The Roman Empire didn't even exist, and the book was written roughly at the _end_ of the iron age when iron was known and used by "everybody" in Europe and Egypt. But the story of Judah and the invasion of Canaan explains a time of around 800 BCE which is _before_ iron was used by _anyone._ The Hittites however was the pioneers of the Iron Age in Europe and Middle East, refining metal casting techniques as early as 1500 or 1400 BCE. As far as we know, they was the first sword/dagger smith's. The Celts was the first in Europe to mass produce iron weapons. You are however very right about one thing. The Hittites was long gone - almost four hundred years after the book was written (1180 BCE). _(However, there was still some Hittite tribes left of a long gone splintered kingdom up until the 8th century BCE, which are probably the ones the bible describes)._ When said, as far as I know, there is nothing that supports the the stories of Joshua or Judah, or the Book of Judges.

[@southerneruk]

@@ingebygstad9667 I going by a lot older civilisation, there are two civilisations that are totally ignored and that is Hindi and yellow river, while they was still roaming around in the middle east as hunter gatherers, civilisation had started 2 different location, they think Yellow river is a older of the two. where the start of inventions came from, they are pretty sure now that the wheel was first used in the Yellow river Valley The bronze age came to an end during the Roman era (the whole of the Greek age was Bronze age), for Europe, Middle east and North Africa, Hittites lived at the end of the copper age and the beginning of the Bronze age. Yes the celts was certainly the first northern western european civilisation to smelt iron in europe

[@southerneruk]

@@JustSpectre when things are being translated need to be careful of the translation, like blade of metal, dagger of iron, Blades that was not made from bronze are well known and in every case they was made from metals from space like iron hydride (hydrogen iron) which we only learn how to make in the 1940s, but been known about for a long time because it came to the earth from space, Tutankhamun blade is made from this, they can tell you how old it is because of the lead content. the Hittites could not off had iron on mass, they could not build a fire hot enough and last long enough to be able to smelt iron, the only form that they could have was in the form of metorites which would of been very rare in it self, and the way it could off only been done was make the iron glow red hot and hammer it into shape, which in it self would need of been made of iron and it would of been full of impuritys and extremely brittle. and was only good for ceremonial use It takes a blast furnace to get iron molten so it could be poured and most of the impuritys removed and then it still needs to be hammered and carbon added at the same time, there no sites or prof found in the middle east with blast furnace till after the Roman age had started, the only people who knew about the blast furnace was the Chinese, When the Hittites had there era, the Chinese had all ready spread out of the Yellow valley and had gone far north into the Artic circle, south into what will become Indo-China, east as far has the Steps and west into what would become North America, they was well ahead of any other nation all the early invention by man came out of China we know this now

[@weedrunkglasgowman]

... The shopkeeper said to Mr. Ben, "You can keep it as a souvenir of your adventure Sir"

[@numberstation]

Now hung on his kitchen wall in Festive Road.

[@3John-Bishop]

Our history keeps going further and further back

[@jimdawson5299]

Tasmar hahahaha

[@sandrojones8068]

I saw a Roman spatha for sale once, was just a pile of rust but I bet it could have been restored. Imagine how awesome that would have been. Thanks for the video!

[@ericferguson9989]

Remarkably modern, with the symetrical leaf style blade, quillion and pommel. Form follows function.

[@kelvinbel8910]

A cutting edge documentary. Never a dull moment.

[@ferdonandebull]

This is very interesting. The design of this “sword” (I feel it is more of a dagger) reflects a mold that had used a softer metal. The narrator used the term saber and it most definitely is not. If you look at this as a bronze weapon and imagine it as a copper weapon you can see that it was a plunging weapon that was casted to take advantage of the strength of a soft metal. So the oldest “sword” has yet to be found.. it is most assuredly going to be a copper sword. In fact I feel this design represents a artisan that had previously worked in copper.. The introduction of the harder bronze probably resulted in a more leaf like blade to take advantage of the strength of bronze. For its time this was a great stabbing weapon and a poor parry weapon..

[@razor1uk610]

@Brian Hensley Erm ok, you have I feel a misconception of katana (are you infact more meaning to mean a wakizashi?) not being a sword, infered by your opinion of the cultural & regional differences of the distance between the location of their creation, i.e; Europe vs. Japan ?? And are you even hinting perhaps towards yourself classifing a wakizashi/katana as a sabre? Sorry I perhaps hopefully, am assuming too many inferences and I therefore have a false misconception of my implied opinion of what I call your misconception above to be?..; Forgive me if that is just such a simplisyc mistake I've assumptively made or implied of you. You are largely correct in regards a tanto being a less a concealed weapon, and its name & meaning translation is closest to that of a 'knife'*; although by your _inference_ which I assume (stupidly), it is also essentially just a single edged dagger then if it is hidden as a last resort/self defence blade. (*since during quieter periods of warfare/campaigns it could be also used to eat and/or prepare prey/food/rations with, by its owner.)

[@razor1uk610]

@Brian Hensley Ok, yes, erm, ignoring my main critism of how a tanto for you isn't a also dagger. ..by a well researched and truthful/real fact-ed wall of well written but unparagraphed* text. *sorry, one of my OCD inducing pet-peeves are 'block' walls of text, my apologies for writting/reading as being irksomely vexxed; ..and thus likely missing the explaination of the point you made to what I said at the start/head of this particular comment.

[@razor1uk610]

@Brian Hensley I'd say that a tanto is as much a dagger as it is a knife, since being shorter than a wakizashi or the usually longer still katana, it seems to me thinking of it, to be easier to use as a thrusting weapon when needed than the wakizashi or katana - ignoring the straighter/straight bladed ninjitsu assassins 'ninja' style of sword/blade. Additionally from its shorted lenght, it has a proportionally less flexible blade than the other two I said above (which it could have been made from), ..and also more importantly, has a straighter more direct line of thrust/force from its grip to its point, than the longer more curved blades. As to a dagger in your opinion I read inferringly above in that wall of text cooment, having to have a cross guard to qualify, many of which are called bollock daggers do not; ..with them being more dirk (or even bayonet) like without any cross/quillioned guards of any sort barring just enough to secure the gripping in the 'thrust'.

[@mattbugg4568]

Bronze was the first recorded swords in genesis the cherubim placed at the edge of the garden of eden to mark the way to the tree of life carried a flaming sword that turned in every direction. So the sword described would have the same coloration of a flame or bronze color. This was the first recorded record of swords 6800 years ago. Although there were records of civilization like the annunaki that carried stone locks another weapon but there pre history and not much is known about them. Also the book of enoch doesn't mention any weapons which is pre history but describes methods of unarmed combat. So the first recorded sword in literature is from genesis and is also around the beginning of the bronze age.

[@hollyingraham3980]

I agree, this is very small to be called a sword. FYI, the past tense of "to cast" is "cast" not "casted " as in "they cast their bread upon the waters" or "we cast off our worries when we returned home."

[@madsdahlc]

Hallo from Denmark . Intetesting news . About bronze age swords . I am going to use a quite from danish historian Liv Thomsen . She recently did a series of historical programs on danish television about different things like voilence , death , criminal punishment and sex etc in danish history . And in the episode about violence/war . She used a great quite about swords in the bronze age . And it goes like this: “First they (swords) had ceremoniel purpose . Then they got specific purpose(to kill with). But once again a master piece of a video from the genius Pete Kelly ... I like it.

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

madsdahlc - the quote about swords is quite interesting

[@timnewnham7943]

Another great video Pete. Truly love your work, and your voice is perfect for the narration. Keep it up mate

[@ML69898]

Incredible! Loving the breaking news videos!

[@robertnewell4054]

Considering that ancient HYESTAN(Armenia) ran from Black Sea to the Caspian & is one of the great ancient cultures .... it more than reasonable

[@smooth_sundaes5172]

It wont be a "sabre". This is a great many centuries before sabres and besides, typically, a sabre has a cutting and a thicker back edge to give the cut added weight. A typical cavalrymans weapon of Napoleonic wars in fact. Early swords were more like big knives by todays comparisons. I'm not surprise from where it originated. The eastern end of Anatolia seems to have been leagues ahead in metallergy and stonework

[@yajurka]

Which isn't surprising at all considering it's region rich in copper and other ores.

[@tomgoff7887]

This might be a specialist term used by archaeologists to describe a Bronze Age sword type, like the Bronze Age 'rapier' web.archive.org/web/20090203162813/www.templeresearch.eclipse.co.uk/bronze/rapier.htm

[@tbthedozer]

Definitely not a Sabre, I don’t even think it was forged. cast is more likely the process used. A unique alloy of copper and tin ... so a bronze short sword then.... I’m more interested in the trace elements and isotopes to locate the mines and establish a time of operation and likely creation of the sword to collaborate the design comparisons to establish a proper age of the artifact. Geese it’s like the narrative thinks that people that will sit through this video don’t watch Oak Island or something... lol

[@excismos8056]

The Oldest Sword in World Discovered SO FAR..

[@Tajtusek]

Thank you, Captain Obvious

[@raylovelace8588]

Not even close. The first swords had separate blades and handles. They didn't end up being one piece until after they invented not only the sword, but fencing.

[@johnnyipcus9974]

first swords wouldnt be made with so much detail to them , uour dreaming to think anyone can produce swords that good the first time trying to make it

[@SolracCAP]

That's what's exciting about archaeology! What else is buried beneath the sand?

[@juliacarl584]

Do they have a collection of Copper Swords?

[@philbyd]

Great history there: thanks for posting

[@upliftspice6282]

You sound exactly like the guy from History Time, love that channel and this one. Thank you for the vid !

[@karlmarx7333]

This is his alternate channel! I love them both!

[@upliftspice6282]

@@karlmarx7333 Very good to know, thank you for confirming :)

[@ryanvictoria6206]

Not only from History Time but from Deadliest Warrior as well.

[@benwilson6145]

Thankfully you sound nothing like the History Guy

[@LTPottenger]

Has made one of the biggest finds of the decade and she's smokin hawt to boot!

[@davidchase9424]

That's how she "found" it.

[@AndyBennett]

Thank You Pete, again.. Top quality work, superbly researched and ive said it before, your delivery style wouldn't go a miss on Nat Geo or History Channel. Entertained as i learn, what more can one ask..!?!

[@erikasantoshafitness348]

You are the voice that rocks me to sleep at night and takes all my stress away. Just mesmerizing ...Thanks❤️🙏

[@mpa324]

That might be Frodo's even smaller ancestors' sword.

[@vincentconti3633]

I was thinking the knife he was stabbed with!!!

[@mridlon1634]

Link?

[@shadowraith1]

Interesting story. You ever wonder about the truth of the histories handed down?

[@shinnou1]

Heavily. One of the more interesting series I've found involves the Scythians. Asha Logos does some amazing work trying to bring some of that history to light. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4CwY5mKa9l1fKc Edited to include that some may find his series offensive, as he directly engages the systemic obfuscation of historical antiquities.

[@gusclark1697]

All the time. That's what history, anthropology and archaeology should be about. When you question the accepted, though, you're either a radical or a revisionist. Archaeology is happily the most malleable (look it up) of the arts. When I was learning, the trend was away from diffusionism (ideas and things came from far away, usually Egypt) toward local development (look at a rock long enough and you'll work out that it's an ore) and stout egalitarianism. Now, largely due to Brexit, the pendulum or pendula are swinging back again. Remainer academics now tell us our Brit/ Brute ancestors couldn't grow bristles on a pig without the gentle aid of our European cousins... Europhilia is a terrible, debilitating condition; Please help the blind and stupid by contributing to: Gus's Beer Fund...

[@foxmulder7616]

No kidding read Michael cremos book on extreme human antiquity!!

[@splashpit]

John F we only know an inherited truth !

[@smnwbb]

@@foxmulder7616 Cremos should stick to the Hare Krishnas. Presumably you agree with him that modern humans have been around for billions of years. Too bad.

[@dangerdoberman]

Incredible. Very ancient things are awesome. Imagine what sort of people and how many people came in contact with it.

[@michellewelsh1322]

Thank you again! I really enjoy the things you’re showing. I lOve this stuff and SO wish I do thAt for a living! Finding these things must be an awe inspiring thing in person ~

[@rage4me]

After further investigation into my own body, I have found a hydrogen atom that is billions and billions of years old. I am seeking to have my age changed to reflect that.

[@DavidOfWhitehills]

An electron and a positron go into a bar. Positron: "You're round." Electron: "Are you sure?" Positron: "I'm positive."

[@crackerjack9320]

You'll get some great discounts as a super senior citizen

[@keithlucas6260]

@peace leader ....so your premise of belief is rooted in the age old stance that atheists have used for the last few centuries that we call in logical discourse fallacies, "ad ignorantum"..... simply stated it is, "because you cannot prove that God exists, therefore He doesn't".....pretty fucking lame. In "tossing pearls before swine", as a Semite Jew, none of us gives a rat's ass about explaining evidence to support His existence to idiots such as yourself.....waste of breath.

[@chaosmonkey7037]

@@keithlucas6260 the inverse is the exact reason I don't bother to engage with theists "you can't prove that gods don't exist, therefore... ?". You've got exactly the same problem and have to fall back on wishful thinking. I'm an atheist because I don't hold a belief in any god. I'm also an agnostic because I have no proof either way. But as a rational person, for me, the balance of evidence points to the gods of humans as being mere stories made up to keep the chaotic monkeys in line, and I'd have to say the probability of any of the gods that arose from human culture existing is so small as to be negligible.

[@glenbe4026]

@@chaosmonkey7037 As an agnostic, I tend to find atheists often as fanatical about their "belief" system as theists. Atheists are in fact extremely theistic in almost every way they might as well be called theists. So much so I tend to class Atheists together with evangelicals (of any theistic belief system).

[@BenMessenger]

If Gobekli Tepe is around 11,000 years old, then I'm sure there are, or were, older swords than this.

[@heyzues8363]

Very true, also they may have recycled many and the first metal weapons may have been a bronze wedge with a sharpened edge tied to a stick, good hatchet to chop enemies on the head.

[@nicholasvanlierde2546]

Nope, this was the first one.

[@FactThis]

I can't say I agree with your logic. Swords weren't necessarily used throughout Göbekli Tepe's history. Swords were a bronze age invention, as far as we know. Stone would have been the only material used for blades up until around the 4th millennium BC. It's very unlikely we will find swords older than this, even if the Göbekli Teoe site itself is much older.

[@emjay2911]

What if these swords were actually older but it does not fit with Gobekle Tepe narrative?

[@drgunsmith4099]

Ben Messenger I think my stepmother looks older than that sword 😬

[@LouMontana-wc7nr]

Thank you for such a fantastic report.

[@DEJARONGSSangPenemu]

That turned out better than I expected, great video my freind 👍

[@abdullahtabanjah]

That's very cool, could you make this a regular series!

[@flamencoprof]

"oldest sword" should be qualified by "yet found". A very interesting post nevertheless.

[@dixonmicucci9271]

It's not as old as originally estimated by the publicity-seeking archaeologist, anyway.

[@robertbernstein4488]

flamencoprof All comments of this nature should be qualified by "yet found, yet discovered" , etc.

[@MrMonkeybat]

You can't really date it as the object is out of context anyway.

[@Dave-ks9fi]

If they find the truly oldest ever made, it will probably be haunted.

[@johnkjellberg8408]

mans put the ad at the end.. too nice

[@felipemendez1582]

This very cool.i enjoyed watching this. Very informative.

[@disrxt]

Why this came up in my feed today I can't say. Why this channel never came up before is what puzzles me. The algorithm will be served. But I'm subbed now, even if Mr. Kelly doesn't spell his name in the correct and proper manner.

[@ThisIsSolution]

Funny Frank

[@joeendel3614]

Yeah same for me!

[@C_MacShimidh]

One might argue that the proper spelling of this honourable surname is Ceallaigh. ;-)

[@rconger24]

But what is a mere vowell among friends?

[@SJ-hw7bx]

That isnt a sword...it is a letter opener or should i say a scroll seal opener

[@dukecraig2402]

People must have been tiny back then.

[@SJ-hw7bx]

@C-Bomb or maybe it is tooth pick or drink stirrer, there were giants here!!!

[@lorenzo6mm]

the average height of an Roman Soldier BC was 5'2". they we're trained to stab the groin of the enemy specifically the arteries where the leg and groin meet up. Their swords reflected their small stature. and battle order and skills

[@capnceltblood5347]

ugg tell me he isn't resorting to click bait headlines...

[@sugarnads]

All bronze age swords are 'short'. Theyre backup weapons.

[@Sebastiaopedro1957]

flawless video my friend, top quality!!! subbed

[@SoSimonSays]

Things is, to come to that design of sword, takes trial and error, experimentation, the sword is obviously years, maybe centuries older than the one found

[@JoelBrothers]

Are there no examples of Egyptian Copper "sickle" swords? They would predate the Bronze Age considerably.

[@JoelBrothers]

You don’t understand. The Egyptians used copper sickle-shaped swords in the Old Kingdom. I thought there were examples taken from burial sites.

[@ziggarillo]

Sickle swords were 3000bc so begin to be made after this dsgger

[@rconger24]

Cimeters? Scimitars?

[@romelnegut2005]

This is an amazing news. I do wonder what will be found next.

[@ronalddavis]

im sure something will be found and lied about.gotta keep those government grants coming....

[@romelnegut2005]

@@ronalddavis What?

[@jfobear1953]

Very much enjoyed this video. Thank you for bringing information new to me to your channel.

[@kevinw3453]

Great video. I would like to see more on ancient artifacts.

[@drwhat4395]

The Roman's used the short sword in hand to hand combat. This is more of a dagger than a sword.

[@wolfgangkranek376]

www.etymonline.com/word/sword

[@wholeNwon]

No apostrophe.

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

Ahh ever since the dawn of time...when one man met another -he had to figure a way to end that other guy rightly. *unscrews pommel*

[@martinspalding374]

lindybeige :)

[@thehightonesmduk]

Loved it mate, great information

[@necronomiconz]

There are ancient giant blades and axes, even older than this, but science wont this to be known. GJ AGAIN.

[@chrissinclair4442]

1:26 I think they show the girl.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

05:45 So that is where the name Aslan the Lion came from! ASLANTEPE

[@dr.davidwho4053]

😀 I noticed it too! 👍💖

[@PeckerwoodIndustries]

Interesting discovery that! Gotcha CS Lewis!

[@Thomw72]

What is missed by most is the composition of the metal and where specifically the different metals came from... Tin, for example, came from Ireland and copper many say came from the great lakes...

[@everydayluxury1227]

Very interesting. I enjoyed your production a lot. Thank you.

[@Link_ye_Hyrule]

Saw that triforce emblem LINK AND ZELDA REAL CONFIRMED

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

What if jesus was link and he comes back every so often to defeat evil ganon? 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀😱😖😯😌😠😌😞😁😣😝😃😍😔😒

[@badlandskid]

1:22 “saber”

[@koryos4401]

Pete you should look up the Klady Sword, it was a bronze sword found in the Caucasus, but here is the kicker: It was attributed to the early Maykop culture, so roughly from 3700-3400 bc.

[@angeliaboone9896]

Your narration is first class! Love your video's. Keep up the amazing work 👏 👏👏👏 Bravo my friend

[@Hallands.]

Nature invented the sword and gave it to narwhals, swordfish, elephants and rhinos...

[@johnmartlew5897]

Hallands Menved ....yes, and we copied it. Some old languages refer to knives with a word that means, or is related to the word “tooth”. A modern phrase....”all Gods children have teeth” referring to the right to carry a knife.

[@Hallands.]

Mr Seboss Mmmm... Some would have you believe that's a choice between God and Random Coincidence. 😊

[@Hallands.]

Peter Laughton I think we need not assume; although teeth, horns and antlers are poorly preserved, it happens. Such has been found in regions once covered in ice. The earliest nomadic tribes hunting in Jutland, Denmark has been dated reliably from a fishing hook and a harpoon, 12,500 bce. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harpun_bein.JPG

[@Hallands.]

Quantum Dune You probably don't realize this, but you're feeble. Sorry...

[@Hallands.]

Mr Seboss Well, there's one more possibility, but it's beyond habitual thinking.

[@darthwizzywizard]

Amazing. Though I believe there are far older examples out there.

[@TheDeadlyDan]

No, there actually aren't. The Bronze Age began circa 3,300 BCE. Prior to bronze, copper was used for axe heads and jewelry, but was far too soft to make either knives or swords from. Adding aresenic to the copper did harden it and swords were tried, but that was the around 3.300 BCE date. If this sword is dated accurately, it actually is among the first made.

[@darthwizzywizard]

Daniel Whitaker you could be right. Very plausible and likely. But god knows what else was around. I don’t think we know. The amount of new civilizations that we seem to discover that have advanced buildings. Who knows for sure what has been lost through the ages.

[@TheDeadlyDan]

@@darthwizzywizard On that we can completely agree - that there were far older advanced civilizations. I'm fairly certain prior to the Holocene there was a global civilization, but I don't think it was Homo Sapiens Sapiens. I think Denisovan or another of the ghost specie we're hybridized with were responsible for those.

[@lechandler4041]

Fascinating information, and what a beautiful sword. It is truly humbling to realize just how advanced and sophisticated these people were.

[@Rocketsong]

Every other report on this sword says that it was Arsenical bronze, not a copper/tin alloy. This would also fit the dating, as arsenical bronze significantly predates the use of tin in alloying copper.

[@hagopnalbandian5302]

Excellent video. However, please keep in mind that "Eastern Anatolia" is a Turkish government effort to erase Armenian presence in what is in actuality the Armenian Highland.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

What can you expect from a country that makes genocide denial a state policy?

[@treck87]

Where are the worldwide memorial museums for the Armenian Christians and mandatory education on it? A certain other group seems to rule the world with their genocide empowerment while denying other genocides due attention.

[@evanroberts2771]

@@MoreEvilThanYahweh It's because of WHO committed the genocide. History's professional victims. "Before the Holocaust, Ottoman Jews supported the Armenian genocide’s ‘architect’ Author Hans-Lukas Kieser says a desperate Zionist press praised the empire even during the slaughter of its minority population, a murder which Israel continues to gloss over today" www.timesofisrael.com/before-the-holocaust-ottoman-jews-supported-the-armenian-genocides-architect/ But even that admission above is trying to rewrite history. Passing the buck onto someone else.

[@nonosh]

Thank you, Brother Hagop, for posting this comment for all viewers to see at the onset of the video's publication. Cheers from a fellow descendant of historical Western Armenia.

[@SourSoup87]

So, we are going to ignore the facts that, 1)Armenians, armed and trained by Russians, and propped up by the promise of insurance from French(which you keep the policies locked in your diaspora HQ in Boston), butchered, slaughtered, murderer in the most heinous, hateful ways, 580 thousand muslim neighbours, by raiding villages, planning terror attacks, stopping and killing trains full of people, for decades, until 1915. 2) We are also not going to mention then, your National Liberation Movement, forced by the Europeans, tried to assassinate the monarch of the empire you were subjects of, not to mention humongous amount of propaganda you spread to incite your youngs to join up Tashank and Hinchak organizations and take up arms against their neighbours, again for decades. 3) Also the fact that only the Armenians living in the eastern Anatolia was forced on an exile, not the ones living in the big cities like Istanbul and Izmir, because genocide committers tend to wipe out the object of their hatred, just like the Germans did in WW2. 4) Also, the Armenians, during WWI, sacked the city of Van, committed unspeakable hate crimes, and "captured" the city to give it to the invading Russian army, which had to quit the war when their Allies could not pass the dardanels, and the Armenians were promptly defeated and the Turks that recaptured the city literally took in every single account of hate and war crimes that was committed by the Armenians, which was some of the hundreds of thousands they ended up doing over many years. 5) It should also be mentioned and ignored by your hate filled minds, many Armenians ended up serving as ministers and government officials for years under the Ottoman Empire even during the WWI, solely due to their talent, your people were named as Millet-i Siddika, the loyal nation, you were not hated, not before your learned to hate from the Russians, French and Jews, who hated you heavily and competed with you on many subjects such as trade and government positions in Ottoman Empire. 6) We should also ignore the fact that, In 2004, Turkey asked the Armenian government, to settle this issue, by creating a committee of scientists, historians and experts, not just from both countries, but with the help of every major country that took part in the war, to analyze every single evidence that was available, and came up to a conclusion to present it to the UN where the decision of UN about these claims of yours would be accepted by the Republic of Turkey. Your people said no, because you know the truth will get out when you do that, and you will stop becoming a political leverage against Turkey, which will diminish your entire stature in the eyes of every major country out there. 7) I believe it was your first Prime minister, Hovhannes Kajaznuni that said we were tricked by the dreams of an Empire given to us by the Allied nations, in Bucharest, in 1923, and adding the fault of what happened to trusting the Russians. 8) Your people are so blind to the truth itself to the level of Psychosis, that you let yourselves become a political leverage for other countries to dig deeper in to a historic wound that was opened by you, your actions and your treachery in the first place, when you know the truth is out there to accept, stop following B.S People like Kirk Kerkorian (whose parents lived in Aleppo and moved to US in 1896, that should give you a deal about who he really is) and their ilk, who is used by the Imperialistic countries to literally conn your people in to taking a stance against your neighboring countries, even going as far as cutting up the bellies of pregnant women with bayonets and hanging baby's from the belly cord to terrorize people, just recently in Hocali in 1992. We know about your involvement with the PKK, and your dealings with the terrorists in Turkey. Your terrorist organization ASALA assassinated Turkish diplomats across the globe, all we did was to stop them, the remnants of ASALA joined the PKK, we should have sought harsh punishments to Armenia and the Russians who supported them, but we did not, ask yourselves why, and do not think for a second it was a guilty conscious decision, states do not have emotions. I have one suggestion to you and every single Armenian out there, -You Reap What You Sow-The Exile in 1915, the violence you suffered during that, the catastrophe your people went through, was caused by YOU. However, If you do not let go of this baseless anger and come to a settlement with it and follow the dark path of unjustified revenge and spitting anger, the next generations of the mankind will only remember you as a case example of how nationwide psychological disorder and an aversion to truth caused unmitigated disaster for an entire country, much like Chernobyl did for the Soviet Union.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Wow a cute Italian girl that is into swords, nice, what a catch

[@claudemaximus9409]

I like the presentation , narrative is strong and a good music score, thx

[@skyhiker9669]

Very nice! Such a wonder.

[@rickysteven1990]

Such a beautiful stabby stabber

[@-kepha8828]

This "sword" was used to eat dinner with. Modern day steak knife

[@roodborstkalf9664]

My respect to Vittoria Dall'Armellina for discovering this sword. Excellent work.

[@francesnorred944]

F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C-C-C-C! THANK YOU for Showing THIS!

[@wisdomofthewildempathsview581]

Why dose nobody mention the copper age I always thought it'd be first because bronze is a mix of copper and tin

[@gusclark1697]

It's about the availability of remains. Copper and Bronze Agers weren't sentimental about old gear, and resmelted and reworked it whenever it was available. While lots of later (Bronze Age) material comes from tombs and ritual/ expiatory sites, copper gear tends to be lost rather than deposited. Maybe I'm talking out of a hole in my shirt. Please advise.

[@wisdomofthewildempathsview581]

You're right most of it probably would have been re smelted into better material and design but nobody talks about the copper age they go straight from stone to bronze and I bet copper was used alot more than mentioned

[@MetatronsCube23]

there are 7000+ year old copper mines in Michigan

[@ronsmith1364]

Bog man's Ax was copper ?

[@MetatronsCube23]

@@ronsmith1364 The Sword of Goujian predates the bog man by hundreds of years, it could be a sword or hatchet to be honest. Rock tool production(via knapping) stopped 10-15k years ago except for arrow production or in communities that were less advanced or closed off from the world.

[@jafrost1328]

ITs not really even a sword, let alone a sabre mate, sabres are quite a specific thing

[@Voxshadow73]

Ja frost looks more like a dagger

[@C0zm1kCat]

Great video I really enjoy your style !

[@j.w.m.rhynejr9766]

Pretty interesting story! Will follow the channel to see what else you bring out!!!

[@noblemagi]

Everything isn't religous, that's an anthropologist cop out

[@lutkedog1]

Sell your cloak and buy a sword

[@lutkedog1]

Sell your cloak and buy a sword

[@GavTatu]

@@lutkedog1 lol very clever !

[@iapetusmccool]

It's not all religious. Some of it is "ceremonial".

[@jpavlvs]

Calling that a 'sword' is a stretch.

[@atomic_wait]

It's a short sword by more recent standards, but it still looks usable as a sword. Metallurgy of the time and materials available restricted the maximum size of bladed weapons.

[@sk8ordielh]

Wow this is dope. Thanks for the content

[@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj]

Just looking at it and not being able to pick it up, this looks like a highly efficient weapon, easily made and deadly in use.

[@bigbrown1172]

The old testament in the Bible says aberham forged the first sword

[@tbenjamin190]

Peter Laughton People thought Pontius Pilate from the Bible didn’t exist either until archeologists found a stone with his name on it around 1961. Ha ha I guess the joke is on them. 🙄

[@tbenjamin190]

Trent Michael I cant speak for we, but I believe it all. Nothing else makes sense to me. Big Bang caused from nothing created everything yeah okay. The monkey theory, Whatever. If you don’t believe then “Do what thou wilt”. My friend in the end I rather die believing than to find out I was wrong and by then it’s too late.

[@tbenjamin190]

Trent Michael Trent Michael I see somebody got in their feelings. Man always trying to intellectualize what they don’t understand. You sound like every other spiritual blind person who just rambles on and ain’t saying nothing because you don’t have a real answer. Your points are all over the place. Smh. My education is never complete and thanks for the lollipop. Keep your earthly trophy trinket though, I rather keep my crown of life James 1:12

[@tbenjamin190]

Trent Michael My friend I must remember not to be prideful but remember to share the gospel of what Christ did by dying for the sins of men in this world. The Bible which you call a fairytale is a collection of historical books that give eye witness account of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The spread of Christianity would have died in its tracks if Christ had not risen. Too many people who lived at the time could have said it never happened. The Bible says he appeared to over 500 people at that time. The apostles pretty much all were brutally killed for spreading the gospel. Why would they voluntarily die for a lie? Makes no sense? We have early secular historical writings that wrote about Jesus and early Christians. Look up Tacitus who was Roman and Josephus was Jew both NON believers of the gospel but speak on Christianity in their writings. See people can dispute if he was who he say he was, but most scholars don’t deny his existence. At the end of the day we have choices. If I don’t believe the Bible because man penned it, then how can I believe pretty much anything I read about in history because man wrote that too. I never met Alexander the Great but I believe he existed why? because history tells me so. The funny thing is the Bible never claimed to be inclusive. Jesus himself said I came to cause division. Religion is what man says the Bible says. All Religions can’t be right. I don’t follow Religion because the word of God speaks for itself. I could keep going on and on but the best thing I can do is pray for you and let the Holy Spirit do the rest.🙏🏽

[@tbenjamin190]

Trent Michael There is no irony my friend. I do have knowledge certain things happened. The Bible predicted worldly historical events way before they happened but again you are not a believer so the blind can’t comprehend the truth. The destruction of the ancient city Babylon (in modern day Iraq) was predicted 100 years before it happened in the Bible. No need to give me another explanation I just can’t with you anymore. The real irony is that without God you don’t even have basis for your morality . How do you know right from wrong because mommy and daddy taught you lol? Please enlighten me where did man get their sense of morality from? Did they just make it up as well. What if I say my morality says stealing is okay? Man save your breathe the Bible already speaks on these things. At this point I can point out all the evidence in the world and it won’t matter. Your response is all the evidence I will ever need. The world and people like you hope the Bible isn’t true because they love their sin full ways. They want to keep watching porn, fornicating, getting drunk and high, lying , stealing, homosexuality etc. without any conviction. All things the Bible speak out against. Even Muslims whose theology I disagree with understand this. The word of God already says there will people who will never believe and will remain dead in their sins and it’s sad really. Just remember this I have nothing to lose when I die and then find out their is no God, but when you die and then got it wrong then one day you’ll remember this conversation. The ruler of this world has blinded you. I wish you best.🤷🏽‍♂️

[@WhitePrivilegeMohammedansSuck]

Lost me when a straight blade dagger was called a "saber". TOO forkin' funny. A saber, by definition, MUST have a curved blade. Time to find some channel that isn't full of it.

[@joeblack4436]

A sword is ultimately just a highly specialised club. Certainly the earliest swords were hacking and slashing, not stabbing weapons. The immediate precursor to swords were likely just heavy metal rods from shortly after the earliest metallurgy was discovered. That could be used to beat up opponents better and for longer than what could be achieved with wood or stone clubs. Putting spikes and sharp edges on was then very likely not a huge jump in imagination. And the rest was surely history.

[@MrHunterseeker]

I like how the one sword has a triforce on it. Are you telling us that Links Master Sword is one of the oldest swords to really exist? Sweet.