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An iron sword measuring seven feet long was found in a burial mound with the tomb of an elite that died 1,600 years ago. Japanese experts believe it was a weapon to fight off evil spirits in the afterlife. ....
Archaeologists have unearthed an oversized ceremonial iron sword and a bronze mirror shaped like a shield from a 1,600-year-old burial mound in Nara, Japan. ....
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The largest bronze mirror and largest "dako" iron sword in Japan were discovered from a late-fourth century tomb mound in the western city of Nara, its board of education and an archeological institutte that supported the excavation say. ....