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From Bronze to Blood: How the Sword Became Humanity's First Murder Weapon

History Unplugged Podcast | American History, World History, World War 2, U.S. Presidents, Civil War by Support

Mar 19, 202647:42Society & Culture

For nearly two thousand years, swords reigned as humanity's weapon of choice—the first tools designed exclusively to kill other humans rather than hunt animals. When archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a rusty...

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From Bronze to Blood: How the Sword Became Humanity's First Murder Weapon is an episode from History Unplugged Podcast | American History, World History, World War 2, U.S. Presidents, Civil War by Support. For nearly two thousand years, swo...

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Published Mar 19, 2026, 47:42 long, audio available.