THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH....
5,000-YEAR-OLD SWORD FOUND IN VENETIAN MONASTERY
n archaeology student has identified one of the world’s oldest swords, in a monastery on San Lazzaro delgi Armeni near Venice. Doctoral student Vittoria Dall’Armellina () wasn’t even visiting the monastery for research purposes when she recognised that a sword on display, which had been grouped with medieval artefacts, was similar to those that date from
