Soldiers Sweeping for Land Mines in South Korea Have Unearthed the Country’s Oldest Gun, a 600-Year-Old Inscribed Bronze Tube
Researchers said X-ray and metallurgical tests confirmed the 1-kilogram bronze weapon as the earliest verifiable surviving firearm on the Korean Peninsula.
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Soldiers Sweeping for Land Mines in South Korea Have Unearthed the Country’s Oldest Gun, a 600-Year-Old Inscribed Bronze Tube
The artifact was found in 2023 during a metal detecting survey. Experts have been analyzing it since and recently confirmed its authenticity
Bronze hand cannon offers rare evidence of early Korean firearms
Archaeologists in South Korea have authenticated a bronze hand cannon dating to the late Goryeo or early Joseon period, providing rare evidence for the early development of firearms on the Korean Peninsula. Known as the Hwangja Hwatong, meaning “Yellow-Character Hand Cannon”, the weapon was discovered on Mount Geumseong in Naju, around 280 kilometres south of Seoul. The hand cannon was found accidentally in November 2023 during landmine detectio…
<p>A 600-year-old hand gun that could fire arrows and bullets was found in South Korea The bronze hand cannon was made in 1377 or 1437. The inscription indicates its possible state production.</p>
The soldiers who were looking for me on a mountain in South Korea have discovered a portable gun buried for centuries. Researchers believe that it could rewrite the history of the first firearms produced in Korea.
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