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 ...

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 ...

X-ray scans reveal what the sword would have looked like when it was made. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Archaeologists in ...

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington have worked with the Wallace Collection to analyse the contents of Viking swords – and the results shed new light on trade routes in ...

While scouring the land, something caused his metal detector to sound. After digging a little less than eight inches into the ground, Visser was met with an ancient object that was instantly ...

Research is underway to learn more about the origins of medieval sword found earlier this month at the bottom of a Polish river, which some experts believe may have belonged to the Vikings. The sword ...

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 ...

Archaeologists unearthed a pair of 1,200-year-old Viking-age swords standing upright from a stone grave in a burial mound in Västmanland. Photo from Arkeologerna and Sweden's National Historical ...

Much of what we know about Vikings and their thousand year-old way of life rests on the physical clues left behind – and the odd fanciful embellishment. Concealed in iron helmets, chain mail, and ...