In central China, an archaeology team is looking into a network of underground tombs. The experts then discover an intriguing object: an ancient water-damaged casket. After prying open the object, the group discovers a human skeleton and a sealed wooden box inside.

But there's more. A kind of exquisite instrument that no one has seen in about 2400 years is contained within that box. Additionally, the archaeologists will ultimately discover that the weapon once belonged to a significant figure in the country's history. If archaeologists in china found a weapon that was perfectly preserved for 2400 years, it's perhaps no surprise that the sword is so old.

However, as such blades have long represented power in human societies. For warriors of so many different cultures and dira. The weapons have been seen to symbolize strength, chivalry and masculinity as well as war. And this is reflected in the plethora of hero myths that have survived through the ages from the tale of king arthur and excalibur to the greek fable of perseus. The far east too has much to offer in this arena.

The sword discovered in the chinese tomb in 1965, meanwhile, has proved to be an incredible cultural treasure. The so called sort of gaussian is not just exceptional for its outstanding workmanship, but also for its extraordinary physical properties. And the weapons on near thing in modern times has allowed historians to take a look back into an ancient world. More specifically, the sword was uncovered in the province of hubei, that name translates to north of the lake, a reference to the expansive daunting lake in hunan province during neolithic times, the hue bay area was inhabited by humans, and it is considered to be one of the birthplaces of chinese civilization.

Given its rich history, then naturally hubei province has an intriguing archaeological record, and you bay is geographically significant to at its heart, the province hosts of sprawling ultra fertile alluvial plain called jangan. This stretch of land is itself surrounded by the jing dhaba wu and wu tang mountain ranges with the highest peak among them all climbing to more than 10,000 feet.