A Student In Venice Found One Of The Oldest Swords Ever – And It’s A Weapon Steeped In Mystery

Italian postgraduate student Vittoria Dall’Armellina is taking time off from her studies at the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. She’s visiting an Armenian monastery that’s perched on a little island, San Lazzaro degli Armeni, in the Venetian lagoon. But as she explores the early 18th-century building, a sword in a glass display case catches her eye.