Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Viking sword encrusted in clay. While clearing a field on his farm, a Norwegian man discovered a rare Viking Age sword that's ...

While dredging a river in Poland, a construction crew accidentally hauled up a medieval weapon. Archaeologists identified the artifact as a rare Viking sword, photos show. Sławomir Mularski and his ...

A remarkable medieval sword with rare symbols was recently put on display in a Dutch museum, over a year after it was found by construction workers unexpectedly. The discovery of the sword was ...

In 2023, archaeologists working near the town of Nördlingen in Bavaria made an extraordinary discovery. While excavating a Bronze Age burial site, they uncovered a 3,000-year-old sword so ...

A metal detectorist discovered two 1,800-year-old Roman cavalry swords still protected in remnants of their wooden scabbards, or sheaths in the North Cotswolds, England. Glenn Manning found the ...

Archaeologists have found an octagonal sword dating from more than 3,000 years ago at a burial site in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. The sword is so well preserved that it still gleams, ...

A Celtic burial site from the Second Iron Age in France contains two rare, well-preserved swords. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Celtic swords, more than 2,000 years old, were found at a necropolis in central France, officials said. V. Georges French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research In central France, ...

A construction crew dredging the Vistula River in Włocławek found a 1,000-year-old Viking weapon in the mud, photos show and archaeologists said. Photo from the Provincial Office for the Protection of ...