Wow! That really does look like it's in good shape. I understand it's because bronze doesn't oxidize as readily but it's not what I picture when someone says 3000 year old sword.

Same here. With something that old I was expecting "well preserved" to mean that I could probably make out that it has the shape of a sword.

Fwiw bronze does oxidise quite readily, but the copper oxide is not porous, and becomes a resilient copper carbonate.

Which is why bronze and other copper-alloy artefacts are extremely resilient, unless they come in contact with chlorides and get bronze disease.

I can tell you have some experience with old bronze/copper. Most people do not even know what "bronze disease" is.

A lot of people learned about it when tutorials on inducing it on statues of questionable personnalities sprouted up.

The arrow points are pretty amazing too

Thank goodness, the German cookies prompt scared me.

wow many heavy metal music to be made in its tribute surely