Unearthed 2,000-Year-Old Sword Still in Mint Condition
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- čas přidán 3. 01. 2017
- Archeologists in central China's Henan Province recently discovered an over 2,000-year-old sword that was still glittering in mint condition when being unearthed.
The sword was found in a coffin which was excavated in mid-December 2016 from a tomb in the ancient Chengyang City Archaeological Site Park in today's Xinyang City of Henan. The tomb dates back to the Warring States Period (475 BC-221 BC).
Archeologists then transferred the well-preserved coffin to a museum of the archaeological site and found the sword next to a human skeleton in the coffin.
According to the preliminary judgments of the archeologists, the 47-cm-long sword was made of bronze and belonged to a senior official in the Warring States Period.
The ancient city of Chengyang was built over 2,700 years ago.
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rest in peace man who wanted to be be buried with his sword but isnt any more.
I laughed at that comment. Cheers.
little bit Not like he needs it
He had a 2000 year record at least. Rip
That man is insanely old
They should have left him alone with his sword, its feels like they stole everything from him
Can you imagine being the first person to pull that blade out of its sheath in 2000 years!?
How many people on this planet can say they've done that!?
one dude in china drank 2000 years old wine from tomb ... thats the real deal
It is quite fascinating indeed. When you pull that blade out of its sheath, you know that the last time a person done it to this particular sword was over 2000 years ago.
Better question would be how many people have robbed a casket to get the sword to draw .
That is, if you believe in what you saw in the Chinese CCTV :-)
Fury III Plymouth Is it a trick question? One
This would have blown the owner's mind, a future with scientists, video cameras and internet looking at their sword.
they just robbed his katana im not sure he will be peased XD maybe he is going back to get his things
@@LokiTokiMan it's a jian
Its not his proepery. Its the samurais
@@thirstybonsai1888 it's chinese not japanese
@@micahcampa soz hard
whoever forged that sword was a true master
The level of craftsmanship on this type of bronze weapon resembles the much later finds. It's basically a 2000 year old bronze Jian with that perfect shape.
I know right!
That shape was pretty sweet
Micah 2.0 0000 not complete steel. It had few other materials and one unknown materiel in that sword. There’s other video they test the sword by scientists and just use the sword slice very little it cut many piece of paper in one go.
@@mengleang thats a different sword
ahh.. its basically a fake fantasy sword.
This will be how the Machines will find my Chinatown bargain sword, 2,000 years from now.
😂😂😂😂😂
😂Now I'm just imagining that's what it is, suddenly everyone looks ridiculous
Only 1997 years to go!
Eh vampires
Loool
Man that was an incredible find considering that it was around 3,000 years old. And the beautiful bronze incense burner at the end had me drooling. Why couldn’t I find such nice stuff when I was working in archaeology.
Coz you were schooled by Indiana Jones.
This isn’t archeology it’s grave robbing
@@ssherrierable LOL...what do you think Archeology is silly?
god religion is soooo annoying. Do you really hope you will be rotted away unable to be found left in a grave 3000 years from now? Me personally, I would be INCREDIBLY HAPPY knowing that 3000 years from now my skeleton may be found and used as a museum piece. Anyone should. Youre literally just an idiotic schizo religious nutcase if you dont feel that way. There is no better way to cement yourself on this earth...@@ssherrierable
A pity, but you no doubt have perhaps found other ancient artifacts and handled other things that would have me drooling!!! You have done well. Be happy 😊.
that is an incredible find. historically significant, but more importantly an ancient beautiful work of art.
My respect to the owner and to the smith.
Amazing, the anoxic conditions of the tomb kept the blade from rusting away. Blacksmiths can now properly study the blade to see how blacksmiths of the time made their swords! Super cool!
It a bronze blade so it not going to rust away like iron or steel
We know how the blade was made lmfao. There's still people making knives and swords using traditional ways, making good money. There's a man in Japan who takes months, sometimes over a year to make a single sword.
Yeah if this was steel, it would be rusted away. Bronze Blade
I have seen a steel alloyed blade not rusted, don't remember the details but I think it was in Europe, still sharp, must have been made from an alloy with alot of nickel or something.. I'll look it up in a min.
My bad, it also was a bronze alloy. Found in Germany.
I think you need to review to definition of "mint condition".
You'd never forget how that felt. Like losing your virginity, only difference is you're pulling out.
Impressive for it's age and what it's been through but had I bought this on Ebay as "mint condition", I'd be leaving a negative review.
My thoughts exactly. "Fair used" at best.
Pynaegan I was thinking the term mint was a bit off also. Impressive indeed but not in perfect condition.
Pynaegan Well, it did come in it's original packaging.
Yeah, that wasn't "mint" either.
Pynaegan
This is gonna be me with my Glock in 2000 years.
Says the man with his boring Tupperware rectangle.
Lmao and still loaded huh
@@jaredchinchello1760 That plastic fantastic with its polymer frame and tennifer steel is not going to corrode.
Which is more than I can say for most Fudds and their fancy antiques.
@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive I getcha my guy, I feel Glocks perform perfectly well. I just don't enjoy 'em all that much. But I do have a serious question, would the polymer degrade over time (like decades) with exposure to the elements? Not trying to imply anything, just curious.
Even when it reveals hidden things from the past of the humanity, and unlocks the mysteries, there is a downside in archeology. Somethings meant to be final, will not ultimately get to enjoy the integrity, which was wished upon them. I could feel something stirring up in me, when I watched the sword being removed out from the grasp of the deceased.
Humans are selfish. Rest in peace only really means rest for a few hundred years then we will dig you up and do what we like cos your ancestors are all deceased aswell
If you believe in Jesus you realize the temporary burial on this earth doesn't matter all that much.
One. This is amazing I would love to have seen the craftsmen who made this blade work then to be the one to tell them it lasted 2000 years.
Two. Have non of these people seen any horror movie about uncovering ancient weapons ever!!!! can we all agree there is an old warrior spirit that is about to be unleashed.
The story of Westerners deceiving children doesn't work in China. Chinese people believe in their ancestors and are not afraid of evil spirits
Kudos to the guy for keeping his hands so still when he must have been very excited.
to anyone who didn't notice that was a stone tomb of sorts and all the muck was liquid ancient Chinese dude. "cream-ofsumyunguy"
jack butcher
If you can google a little bit more... you will find out ancient chinese has a way to preserve dead body in some sort of liquidation chemicals
jack butcher haha
yes. sumyunguy
jack butcher
"creamofsomeOLDguy"
No, no they don't. This was the PRC doing another "Feel Good About China" piece of propaganda.
What a beautiful find! Bravo!
Rick from pawn stars would give $80 for this and tell you it's the best he can do
Not sure how much i agree with taking this man's sword and screwing around with his remains seems kinda sacred and as little disrespectful to whoever this was
So what. He's dead.
What’s a man have to do to be left alone?? Even in death he is being harassed 🤦🏼♂️
The sword looks amazing!
beautiful slice of history and even a stab! Seriously cool.
Let the man rest in peace!
How do you know he even believed in an afterlife? 😂
He's already in peace now..look,he can't move..he can't do nothing..
@Steph-sk3xb He was buried with his weapon. A clear indicator of believing in the natural belief of needing to be prepared for the afterlife.
just amazing
Remind me never to eat mint if I go to CCTV+'s house.
The sword is dirty but the blade is barely dirty, it truly was in mint condition.
The blade is in mint condition, its bronze, no damage to the blades edges or point was visible. The scabbard, hilt ect are badly degraded, but its the blade that counts. Other things regularly get replaced over time and are not as important. This channel is CHINESE btw, so quit complaining because they were not pedantic and exact with the title, its probably the best preserved ancient sword on the planet, and its 2200yrs old.
Christian Buczko Thank you Christian, at last somebody with a good brain..!
To witness that incredible blade being withdrawn from its scabbard is breathtaking, yet the number of idiots posting pedantic, nit-picking gripes over descriptive terms in the title leaves me shaking my head at the stupidity....
Oh well, it takes all types to make a society...!
You have to admit though "The BEST PRESERVED 2000y old blade of ALL TIME" would be more clickbaity
There is something better than this：zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%8A%E7%8E%8B%E5%8B%BE%E8%B7%B5%E5%89%91
czcams.com/video/vEws5FOzy5w/video.html
I collect old swords. Years ago, I acquired one almost exactly like that from a good source. It’s condition was and is so amazing, I doubted it’s authenticity.
Even it is unbelievable but 5000 years of civilisation is the fact 👍💪
No way
Imagine being at a bar telling stores and trying to one up everyone's stories and this dude butts in and is like "I was the first person to unsheath an ancient sword from a grave site, in 2000 ish years."
That sword look great and what craftsmanship I love to see how it was build gat to be a amazing process
this is poor condition, not mint, but still incredible that it is in this good of a condition after so long.
For all the "not mint" comments find the video of it after being cleaned. The sword is in perfect condition with no rust at all. Bronze swords do last forever after being buried but usually do fall victim to some rust.
Rust is generally reserved for iron oxides. Bronze forms an oxide layer that stops further corrosion. Iron does that as well, but the layer is permeable so it only retards rust formation.
You just said with no rust
The fellow who owned it must have liked it as it appeared he kept a damn good edge on it!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
That’s what I call an unboxing video
The wooden casket seems in remarkable condition considering it's been buried for 2000 yrs wouldn't you say?
It's in china, it's probably fake.
I suspect this is all a fraud.
Rick: Best i can do is 50 bucks and im taking all the risk here
Geez, He must've been a important guy to have a sword like that
千年楚都今犹在，忠国将军掩淮殇;未留盛名传于世，但见佩剑耀锋芒。
same concept as putting guns in barrels of oil. preservation at its finest
Mmm delicious Cosmoline.
I think someone might have been eating a mint while escalating the sword for the title to be more accurate
Beautiful unbelievable workmanship to last that long.
Desecration IMO...thought the Chinese were against doing this sort of thing
The westerners who said they robbed the tombs, did they forget what you did in Egypt
那些说他们盗墓的西方人，他们忘记你在埃及所做的事了吗
I would like to be able to watch the entire episode ! Link? :)
I wouldn't say "mint" condition lol but yeah that's impressive as hell!
Would be cool to know the name of the blacksmith that did it.
Fernando García Cooler to know the warrior it was meant for
Hatori Hanzo.
Onehunglow
Fernando García
It was Hoo Mai Dat.
Fernando García for Christ sakes,,,, a blacksmith is a blacksmith, one might make a sword but a true sword is made by a swordsmith! That's like having and electrician install your plumbing!
Nothing like robbing a grave .
Im wondering how much time needs to pass before grave robbing turns into archaeology?
Now THAT'S an unboxing video.
Mint condition? I won't be buying anything from you on eBay.
Spectacular finds, and amazing to see it in such good condition. The Chinese need to promote their history more, they have some of the best historical sites in the world. I'm still waiting for them to go dig up their first emperor, his tomb will make tutankamun tomb look like a paupers grave. Legend say that its got a mercury lake, surrounded by fabulous riches. That may be the reason why they haven't touched that yet though, that mercury may be the best tomb defense ever decided, even though that wasn't its intent, that tomb would be the most contaminated site on the planet behind Chernobyl, fukashima and the asbestos mines in Canada.
Christian Buczko Fascinating....
哈哈哈，的确，古书上记载是水银（汞）做成的河流，苍穹用无数的夜明珠装饰等等，来描述秦始皇陵，但是很遗憾的告诉你，现在没有任何一个国家有技术都不敢保证能在不破坏皇陵的情况下发掘他
Theres a cursed tomb under a temple in India that has a 10ft thick impassable door and also cursed by snake magic so anyone that enters will die like Tuts although there are shamans that know how to banish it into a jar or vessel. The room is massive and packed full of gold and ancient gems and jewlry.
If i was the one handling the sword i would immediatly start swinging the sword around and pretending like i am in some ancient battle lol i wish i can hear that sword cutting through the air.
I feel like that swords splitting trees with one swipe
Imagine earning some kind of respect to be buried with a sword only to be unburied and have the sword taken off you.. I won’t deny that it’s an awesome find but leave them to rest with there possessions.
Graverobbing
Now everyone in the room is cursed.
What an amazing find.
Someone doesn't know what the definition of MINT is
Whats the difference between a grave robber and an archaeologist?
A degree, apparently..
The destiny of the discoveries.
A grave robber grabs the stuff as soon as the dead guy is put into the tomb and either sells it for money for keeps it as a personal treasure. .. archeologist find these tombs thousands of years after they have been forgotten about, collects.that which can be collected , preserves them, and puts them in places where they can be shared with the world..
A robber destroys a site to collect valuable things he can sell illegally to greedy collectors. An archeology makes a full study of the site to increase our knowledge of the past and his work benefits everybody.
Not quite mint condition but at least it had some free soup
What I CAN'T imagine is actually BELIEVING this crock! My cousins brothers times removed cousin once found a U.S. Quarter in Mint condition which was 2,386,462 Years, 17 Months, 41 Days and 27 Hours old.
Im sure the dead person really wanted to be pulled from his resting place and his sword taken from his side. Why do people think its ok to do this just because its 2,000 years old?
This people of modern society dont know what the meaning of privacy.
They will reason out that for the art. But they will sell that sword.
Because he's been dead for 2000 years and has turned into a pile of mud. Meanwhile taking that sword out and investigating it can give people today an incredible amount of information about our history. Believe me, that guy isn't turning in his grave because of this. Mainly because he no longer has a body to turn
stone tooth TRUST ME!!! He won’t be using that sword anytime soon...
Wrenching that object from its embedded matrix like that is an archaeological crime. There is so much to be learned from the material surrounding it in situ. Treasure hunting is what you see here.
That was remarkable craftsmanship considering they did it with hand forging methods.
Better than an extended warranty.
That fluid coming out was from the decomposed body
Nope too much fluid, coffin was leaking
Uh, its been stewing in decomposed person for two thousand years...
Lol it adds to character
One thing to realize is that if this artifact had not been unearthed and had remained under the same conditions in which it was discovered, it could conceivably have stayed "in mint condition" for another 3000 years. Bronze is a very durable metal.
Simply amazing!
Instead of the sword protecting the owner, the owners fats & oils protected the sword!
The carbon from his body breaking down protected the sword like oil.
Symbolic. Even in death, he protected his most vital tool. Now return it to him and let him rest.
There's no need to..he don't need that sword no more..what?..we gonna let that precious ancient artifact there sit in that dirty ass tomb?..well, the dead meat should be grateful that the future generation help to preserved his sword...
Imagine owning a sword collection and still living with your parents.
The last time that blade saw daylight was 2000 years ago from a man at those times, how amazing is that
That thing killed people 2,000 years ago. You had better put it back. 2,000 years to life.
That blade never killed anyone it was a status symbol. The killing was done with his everyday sword.
And whose gonna arrest them? His royal guards... let's see... they are about 2,000 years dead.... I think they will take their chances..
grave robbery at it's finest
Science is no excuse for grave robbers.
Man I've been looking for that for ages😎
Grave robbers with licenses I guess. I hope if I am buried with some of my prized possessions people don't dig me up in 2000 years to steal it all and put my bones on the internet.
Mr. Anderson i am all for this. I would want them to find it and take it. Unless im using it.
Mr Anderson..Trust me, you won't care.
Mr Anderson I was thinking the same thing. Grave robbing is just wrong. No matter who does it and why.
Its only grave robbery if its sold afterward. It was likely donated to a museum to be admired by the public or a government building for study.
Everyone who is buried is eventually dug up. Sometimes the manner of exhumation is respectful, sometimes not. If you don't want this to happen to you then cremation would be a good choice.
it makes me mad that people are diging up people and taking stuff live people rest in peace
IDK that I'd call that 'mint' condition but it is damned well preserved.
A lot of talk from people who don't know what they're talking about...
First,.. anything learned from a 2000 or 200 year old gravesite, make it well worth digging into and not any kind of "grave robbing". It's call archeology and it's a well defined science. It would be graverobbing, but only if people were looting an selling recovered artifacts for profit.
Second, after 2000 years, there is no active decomposing ooze. What you're seeing is just a bit of dirty water and nothing more.
Third,...bronze never falls prey to any kind of rust. It can tarnish, but that is only seen as a thin, greenish surface tint. Bronze takes nearly forever to corrode or return to its constituent parts.
What I saw, was truly remarkable and hope to see more.
Made of bronze? Or made of meteorite and actually possessing magical qualities...? Huh? Huh? ;-)
catyear75 this one is not gou jian 😂😂😂
Terry Pratchett's sword was. Made of meteorite iron.
Apparently, it is a Heaven-realm, middle tier, twin star spirit weapon...
Funny how it's grave robbing and disturbing a corpse when I do it, but when these guys do it, it's science.
Tyler Rue Then stop doing it.
Well they have a certificate. It's like selling alcohol without a license or having a licensed bar. Basically the same, but a paper says you can do it.
They are writing it down
Yeah, coz they don't sell it to drug dealers from Morocco like you do.
Science? How come on
That’s a beautiful blade.
Is that heat discoloration on the sword? On bronze? After being unearthed 2000 years later? I have so many questions 0-o
Some years ago now here in the UK, a similar find was made some where near Stonehenge. A bronze age sword supposedly over 2,300 years old was apparently dug up, but the terrible thing is that it isn't in any museum, in fact no one seems to know where it is anymore. Apparently the one who found it and dug it up called himself a private archeologists, which I guess means he felt free to sell it to anyone anywhere. I would call it cultural vandalism.
if found somethink own land u can keep this own, only idiot give to museum. if i found 2000 year gold chest my own land i not newer tell this any people i make money and live my own life good after i sell gold.
Does ANYONE bother to use words properly anymore? Unbelievably good condition, YES. Mint condition, NO. MINT condition implies the condition it was in upon completion. Obviously it is not!
craig sawicky it has mud on it all u have to do is clean it and boom new sword
De Wae I bet if you clean that blade and strike something hard with it, it'll shatter to hell. It's unbelievably well preserved, not mint condition straight out of the forge
do you know what mint condition means?
Are we going to ignore the ancient computer they showed at the end of this video? Where is the info on that?
Beautiful sword
I pray that someone doesn’t rob my grave when I’m laid to rest stealing my belongings or putting my remains on exhibit.
pineyLt like your x-box and porn mags?
😂 to old for either one
no one gonna care about our grave tho
I am a little bemused by the fact that the boards that make up the exterior of the coffin(?) sarcophagus(?) appear to have been sawn by a circular saw, something I am fairly certain wasn't used in China 2,000 years ago. And since those cuts aren't fresh.... I don't think that (the exterior at least) of that coffin is as old as claimed....
Roderich Marschner , just noticed and thought the exact thing!.. 🤔
China 2000 years ago was already very sophisticated, not only they can do curved coffin but also many other things. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_(state)
Lee but not circular saws come on now
why is a circular piece of metal with teeth so hard to grasp as a concept for men who could make metal armor to fit a body? its just a disc with filed out triangles on the edge and sharpened. in facvt you could cut that wood with a saw made from paper... search youtube!
Ever consider the fact that they probably had to cut the coffin out of what it was embedded into
looks like my ww1 shanghi blade... sharp as hell
still looks sharp
It's clear CCTV has a different view on what mint condition means.
+John White
....I wish they showed the sword after it had been cleaned up.....it might of looked more 'mint' then.
Then it no longer proves it was preserved in "mint condition".. now does it?
John White is this John who owns "John's shutters"?
It's in perfect condition after they cleaned it
C'mon man. Take the coins, take the gold, take the fabric, but leave the sword. If you disturb the grave of a warrior, you are allowed to touch anything BUT the sword. That's an unwritten code of conduct.
Unless you put the sword in a place of reverence, with the owners story (if possible). Then the spirit usually rests.
Chris: Then the spirit usually rests? In the history of the world, no one has ever demonstrated that spirits even exist, let alone what pleases or angers them. Quit inventing make-believe rules for the dead.
If it's unwritten, how do you know about it?
Been around a lot of restless spirits, have you? I suppose they tell you whether or not they need rest, and how to get it, right?
See Cha: Yes, let's avoid learning about ancient cultures, and abandon amazing works of art to decompose in the dirt, in order to honor some nonsense superstition. I'm super glad you're not in charge of any archaeological digs.
When were the first Katana swords made? From which steel?
when the Craigslist post says "mint condition"