Workers carrying out dredging work in the Wisla River in the city of Wroclawek came across the 'perfectly preserved' sword after spotting 'an oblong, metal object' sticking out of the sediment.

Research is underway to learn more about the origins of medieval sword found earlier this month at ... types of swords are often referred to as "Viking swords," they were technically created ...

An eight-year-old found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden during the summer. Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidostern lake while at her family's holiday home in ...

Photographs by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT GUSTAVIANUM, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Viking warriors fought for riches and reputation with swords such as this, discovered at Gnezdovo, Russia.

Goods found with the bodies also appeared to have been through the cremation fires. Sword and buckles, nails and wire embroidery all suggested these had been Viking cremations. In Norway ...

Some 500 years before Columbus discovered the West Indies, a Viking warrior* or Norse tradesman, equipped with his sword, shield and ax, took ship with his companions, set sail westward across the ...

It was the grave of a male Viking and he was found buried in a ship of "local trading size", along with "everything he might need in the afterlife", although the absence of a sword has led to the ...

This collection of Viking silver was found in a lead chest beside the River ... Warriors would be buried with their sword or axe but often they would also have their jewellery with them, too.

Runic inscriptions on swords entreated the gods either ... Although most runestones honor men, some commemorated Viking women. One runestone found in Norway honors "Gunnvor, Thryrik's daughter ...

After a long, hard day of pillaging with axes and swords ... found evidence of upper front teeth deliberately carved with grooves, mostly horizontal, a known practice among Viking men.