Longest ‘dako’ iron sword at 2.6m, along with a unique shield-shaped mirror, found in 4th-century Japanese burial mound — Finds indicate that the technology of the Kofun period (300-710 AD) was more advanced than previously thought english.kyodonews.net Submitted by marketrent t3_10lhuzo on January 26, 2023 at 3:07 AM in history 59 comments 1,304
GoldenMonkeyRedux t1_j5ybt44 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 12:23 PM Thanks for posting this. I lived in Nara prefecture for years as a young man. I would pass by kofuns constantly and always wondered about what the interiors held. Permalink 17
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