A sword from the early Middle Ages, after preservation, on display at the Bialystok Army Museum in Bialystok. The sword was found by an employee of the Bialystok Army Museum in Bialystok, Podlaskie ...

High-tech scans of Viking swords are revealing details of how the weapons were made and how their role changed in Viking society over time. A new analysis of three Viking swords has found that, as ...

While clearing a field on his farm, a Norwegian man discovered a rare Viking Age sword that's thought to be 1,000 years old. "We were about to start sowing grass on a field that has not been plowed ...

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A corroded sword pulled from an English river by a magnet fisher is a Viking weapon dating to between A.D. 850 and 975, experts have confirmed. Trevor Penny was searching for lost and discarded ...

The incredibly well-preserved Viking sword was found by a reindeer hunter on a remote mountain in Southern Norway. The Glacier Archaeology Program at Oppland County Council was recently notified about ...

Good news everyone, we have a new world leader! An 8-year-old girl pulled an ancient Viking sword out of a lake during her summer vacation, securing her destiny as savior of the world. Saga Vanecek -- ...

A hiker taking an old route across central southern Norway has stumbled across an ancient sword dating back to the Viking Age. The wrought iron weapon was partially buried beneath rocks on a walking ...

A modern-day swordsmith reverse engineers the ultimate weapon of the Middle Ages — a sword both prized and feared. The Vikings were among the fiercest warriors of all time, and a select few carried ...

The 1,100-year-old steel sword is nearly 3 feet long. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Archaeologists in Norway have unearthed the ...