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 ...

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 ...

The unusual placement of a sword found in a Viking grave suggests the weapon was brandished by a southpaw warrior, in what is an unusual discovery. “I’m a little surprised at how heavy it was,” Astrid ...

Two ancient Viking swords have been unearthed from a stone burial chamber in central Sweden during a highway excavation. The weapons had been left untouched for roughly 1,200 years and provide an ...

The sword's hilt is richly decorated with gold and silver. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two pieces of an ornate Viking sword ...

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A Norwegian man clearing his farm found a rare 1,000-year-old Viking sword carrying inscriptions that may shed more light on Nordic culture. “We were going to start sowing new grass on a field that ...

A Norwegian farmer recently came across what he thought was a chunk of scrap metal in his field. Just before throwing it away, he took a second look: He realized the object had a distinct shape, ...

Amateur detectives have uncovered remnants of a Viking-era sword that shows intricate and spectacular workmanship of a millennium ago. Two enthusiasts found, independently of each other, a sword ...

Trevor Penny was magnet fishing in an English waterway near Oxford when he pulled out a rusty sword. Experts say it’s a Viking sword that is probably more than 1,000 years old. By Isabella Kwai ...