{"id":23768,"date":"2020-02-28T22:54:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T22:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lousavor-avedis.org\/?p=23768"},"modified":"2020-02-28T22:54:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T22:54:31","slug":"5000-year-old-anatolian-weapon-discovered-in-the-armenian-monastery-of-venice-its-said-to-belong-to-father-ghevond-alishan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lousavor-avedis.org\/?p=23768","title":{"rendered":"5,000-Year-Old Anatolian Weapon Discovered in the Armenian Monastery of Venice: It’s Said to Belong to Father Ghevond Alishan"},"content":{"rendered":"

5,000-Year-Old Anatolian Weapon Discovered in the Armenian Monastery of Venice: It’s Said to Belong to Father Ghevond Alishan<\/p>\n

02.28.2020 – Europe, World:<\/p>\n

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One of the oldest swords in the world that was mislabelled in a museum on the Saint Lazarus Island, Venice, is around 5,000 years old, according to a new study, The Daily Mail<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The ultra-rare sword, which doesn\u2019t resemble most ancient weapons in the world, was made around the year 3000BC and came from eastern Turkey.<\/p>\n

However, the sword was contained in a cabinet as part of a medieval collection.<\/p>\n

It was only when a local PhD student and expert in ancient weaponry noticed the sword that it was removed for further analysis to pinpoint its date.<\/p>\n

Vittoria Dall\u2019Armellina at Universit\u00e0 Ca’ Foscari in Venice saw the sword in a small cabinet surrounded by medieval items at the Mekhitarist Monastery on the Saint Lazarus Island in the Venetian Lagoon.<\/p>\n

Mekhitarist Monastery, which is the headquarters of the Armenian Catholic Mekhitarist Congregation, includes museums, a church, residential quarters, a library, museums, picture gallery, printing plant and research facilities.<\/p>\n

The Saint Lazarus Island sword turned out to be made of arsenical bronze, an alloy frequently used before the widespread diffusion of bronze.<\/p>\n

This type of sword was found in a relatively small region in Eastern Anatolia, between the high course of the Euphrat and the Southern shore of the Black Sea.<\/p>\n

Further analysis of trace elements could further pinpoint the exact source of the metal.<\/p>\n

Due to less than optimal conditions, it has not been possible to detect any traces of usage.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s believed the sword travelled from Trebizond in Turkey to Venice in the second half of the 19th century.<\/p>\n

This is due to an envelope containing a worn-out slip of paper that came with the sword.<\/p>\n

The note on the paper, written in Armenian, talks about a donation to Father Ghevond Alishan, a famous poet and writer who died in Venice in 1901.<\/p>\n

Ghevond Alishan, who was a friend of English art critic John Ruskin, was born in Constantinople \u2013 now Istanbul \u2013 and travelled to Venice before his death.<\/p>\n

Further studies are being done on the weapon, the history of which is still ‘shrouded with mystery’.<\/p>\n

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