Chinese archaeologists found the sword age of 2300 years.

In China, archaeologists have found in Henan province steel sword, which is more than 2300 years. As reported TASS, the artifact was discovered during excavations of a tomb in Xinyang.

Despite its venerable age sword and scabbard is well preserved. Posted in social networking the video you can see that the sword even saved part of the original sharpening. The results of laboratory tests have shown that the ancient weapons were forged in the period of Jango (Warring States), which lasted from 475 BC to 221 ad.

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during this period in ancient Chinese States were fully exploited iron. In the annals of Zuo Zhuan, it is reported that in the Kingdom of Jin in the year 513 BC, was cast iron tripod with the text of the laws. In the Warring States period also saw a major upgrade as weapons and military science. Bronze weapons and armor were gradually replaced by iron.

As pointed out by the English sinologist Joseph Needham, in Ancient China, a large part of the metal products are not forged, but cast. Then swords are manually processed by the Smiths, which gave them increased strength.

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In Xinyang is an ancient temple Insanity, built by master builders over a thousand years ago. Ancient temple Linense numbered among the oldest buildings that were built in the early stages of the spread of Buddhism in China. Within its walls led a solitary life Princess Jian Ning is representative of the Tang dynasty and the Emperor’s daughter Swansson. The future Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang during the difficult stage of his life he received in the temple donations. Later becoming the ruler, the founder of the Ming dynasty and came to power, he repeatedly visited the temple.