5,000-year-old sword is discovered by an archaeology student at a Venetian monastery

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"During a guided tour of the monastery's museum, in the last display case before the exit, something caught Dall'Armellina's attention: a metal sword, about 17 inches long, resembling those she came across in her studies as a Bronze Age weaponry specialist. 'I noticed it immediately,' she told CNN. The sword was labeled as a medieval artifact, but Dall'Armellina had a hunch that the object was much older than that."

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https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/5000-year-old-sword-discovered-in-italy-trnd/index.html
 
I'd rather call this a dagger.
You can stab with it, but it is to short to slash.
No clue where this 'sword' came from and how it arrived in Venice?
 
5000 years! Then it is one of the oldest bronze sword/dagger ever found! It is almost the same age as the 5400 year-old Maykop sword found in a tomb in Novosvobodnaya and the 5300 to 5100 year-old swords of Arslantepe in the Taurus mountains.

As the Venetian sword was found in an Armenian monastery and the bronze age didn't reach Italy until 1300 BCE, I believe that this sword comes from somewhere around Armenia. It would fit geographically between Maykop and Arslantepe.
 
5000 years! Then it is one of the oldest bronze sword/dagger ever found! It is almost the same age as the 5400 year-old Maykop sword found in a tomb in Novosvobodnaya and the 5300 to 5100 year-old swords of Arslantepe in the Taurus mountains.

As the Venetian sword was found in an Armenian monastery and the bronze age didn't reach Italy until 1300 BCE, I believe that this sword comes from somewhere around Armenia. It would fit geographically between Maykop and Arslantepe.
Yes, apparently it was found in Armenia.

From the article (bold is mine):
"Sitting atop a tiny island in the Venetian lagoon, the monastery is home to the Mekhitarist friars, an Armenian Catholic congregation who settled there in 1717 and have furthered the preservation of Armenian heritage and antiquities ever since."
 
Yes, apparently it was found in Armenia.

From the article (bold is mine):
"Sitting atop a tiny island in the Venetian lagoon, the monastery is home to the Mekhitarist friars, an Armenian Catholic congregation who settled there in 1717 and have furthered the preservation of Armenian heritage and antiquities ever since."

Well, it was found in an Armenian monastery in Italy, but originally it is from Armenia or Turkey.
 

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