Hidden Engraving Found On Renaissance

Forged circa 1558, this sword was a type of elite weapon known as a degen that was reserved only for the upper class.

Thanks to modern CT technology, researchers were able to uncover a hidden inscription on a heavily corroded Renaissance-era sword found in Germany.

The sword was forged circa 1558, and was one of many artifacts unearthed near the church at the center of the University of Jena (formally Friedrich Schiller University Jena). The sword, an elite variety of weapon known as a degen, was covered in layers upon layers of rust.

Researchers were concerned that conventional cleaning methods would damage the artifact, so they turned to computed tomography (CT technology), to scan the sword for anything that might lay beneath the corrosion. What they found was the name of a famous sw