Enormous sword in 4th-century Japanese burial mound

[Duncan Head]

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/giant-2-3-metre-long-dakoken-sword-among-unprecedented-discoveries-in-burial-mound/146053

[Erpingham]

More about the excavation from the local goverment website in Nara.  Hopefully this is the English version.

[Nick Harbud]

Bizarrly, when I opened up the article it came up with an advert on how to keep ones santoku kitchen knives sharp.